as in to rope (in)
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Recent Examples of draw in
Despite their name, cardinal flowers do not attract the eponymous bird, instead their cardinal red blooms draw in scores of hummingbirds and butterflies.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Complaints aside, Lamar’s show drew in an average of 133.5 million viewers— more than any other Halftime performance in history per Front Office Sports.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 26 Mar. 2025
From 1935 to 1938, Temple was the biggest box office draw in the world, filling more seats in theaters than leading man Clark Gable and bona fide superstars like Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
The cross-border travel trends and Trump administration’s policies are worrying some in the United States’ travel industry, which draws in more than $1 trillion in direct spending a year.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
Complaints aside, Lamar’s show drew in an average of 133.5 million viewers— more than any other Halftime performance in history per Front Office Sports.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 26 Mar. 2025
From 1935 to 1938, Temple was the biggest box office draw in the world, filling more seats in theaters than leading man Clark Gable and bona fide superstars like Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
The cross-border travel trends and Trump administration’s policies are worrying some in the United States’ travel industry, which draws in more than $1 trillion in direct spending a year.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for draw in
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Again, this is a case of humans using AI to persuade people to adopt their views rather than an indication that AI is extreme or prone to suggesting extreme ideas and behaviors.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Edwards said the heaviest charges may have been included as a scare tactic to try and persuade Read to take a plea deal.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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She was snowed into her village and couldn't reach a hospital.—
Khwaga Ghani,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2025
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Anyone trying to snow the public with bogus math felt his sting and earned his contempt.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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On hand for the séance is a thoroughly skeptical Poirot, inveigled to attend by a mystery-novelist friend, Ariadne Oliver.—
Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Sep. 2023
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Norman Mailer tried to inveigle his dinner guests into an orgy, and not long after wrote a cruel letter to Styron, breaking off their friendship.—
Marion Winik,
Washington Post,
15 June 2023
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In Germany, phony emails containing QR codes lured eBanking customers to malicious websites under the guise of reviewing privacy policy updates to their accounts.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Most parents are looking for ways to lure their children away from TV and iPads.—
Emily Edlynn,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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Single women—more likely, naturally, to be seduced by the devil—were disproportionately executed for witchcraft.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
2 Apr. 2025
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Taking over a century-old garden house hidden within Shanghai’s storied alleys, Samuel Gui Yang softly partitioned the space, seducing the audience yet making every one of them a clandestine voyeur.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Draw in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draw%20in. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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