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The Journal reported in October that White House and Pentagon officials were sketching out early plans for a “Golden Fleet” of new warships better suited to counter China and other potential threats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

He and his friends were sketching out the contours of a new identity that had emerged in the late sixties: Asian-American.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2019

They were sketching a pattern for postwar cooperation among colonial powers.

From Time Magazine Archive

While it was in progress, Regan and eight aides were sketching the next steps in what flowered into a publicity blitz unprecedented in this Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here and there artists were sketching in picturesque spots, and in one place an old gentleman sat fishing peacefully.

From Jack and Jill by Alcott, Louisa May