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  • verb Simple past of redraw.

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Examples

  • That has been preordained since Britain redrew the map into what we now know as Iraq in the 1800s.

    Think Progress » Dan Bartlett Stumped When Asked to Name Anyone ‘Calling for the White Flag of Surrender’ 2006

  • But Mrs. Schilling retorts in her blog that the family home fell out of the district only after state Democrats redrew its lines in recent years to keep its seat out of Republican hands.

    Pizza-Place Owner Hopes to Flip Democratic District Kevin Helliker 2010

  • In the middle of last decade, when Tom Delay and state Republican leaders redrew the Texas state map in a way that removed half a dozen Democratic seats, they didn't touch the minority districts already in place.

    Dylan Loewe: Debunking the Redistricting Myth Dylan Loewe 2010

  • I will also say I am particularly pleasedwith the way the vision of Our Lady turned out, as I redrew her figure several times to get the proportions to where I was satisfied with them.

    New Illustration: The St. Bernard Triptych, Part IV and Last 2009

  • This an iconic X-men cover that I redrew for the Covered Blog only to have it rejected within a few hours.

    The Uncanny X-Men #141 redrawn pabba 2009

  • About 7 years ago, Brazilian artist João ( "John") Barros da Silveira redrew a number of Marvel's "Conan the Barbarian" covers for Brazilian publisher Mythos Editora, here's some of his artwork next to the Marvel equivalent .... way cool!

    Archive 2009-08-01 Cromsblood 2009

  • Between 1992 and 2000, before the independent body redrew the lines, three Senate incumbents lost.

    When Incumbency Overpowers All Efforts Jacob Gershman 2011

  • A decade ago, the last time the City Council redrew ward boundaries, neighboring aldermen appropriated portions of the 30th ward, leaving it shaped like a horseshoe, said Ariel Reboyras, the ward's current alderman.

    Chicago Mayor Trashes Politics of Waste Removal Douglas Belkin 2011

  • The onetime Republican power broker faces up to 99 years in prison on felony charges that he orchestrated an illegal plan to funnel campaign cash to state GOP candidates who, after being elected, redrew congressional districts to favor their party.

    DeLay Corruption Trial Starts Miguel Bustillo 2010

  • But then the county redrew school boundaries and moved sixth-graders to local middle schools, lowering enrollment projections and eliminating the justification to build the new school.

    Bowie schools will remain open Jenna Johnson 2011

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