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recruit

[ri-kroot] / rɪˈkrut /




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Soon, the two young men and other recruits find themselves on a bus bound for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, which Cam mistakenly pictures as a camping excursion.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025

The suspect fled the scene, then drove to the nearby Los Angeles Police Department’s Recruit Training Center, where he turned himself in, according to Inglewood Police Department Sgt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2025

Eyer had served with the department for six years in the North Tryon Division and was a member of the 178th Recruit Class, according to police.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024

Jenny Jamieson, recruitment director and founder of 2i Recruit in Godalming, said scammers posed as being from her company in October.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

The Company of Kedron hath a new Recruit who is somewhat extraordinary & it happened this Way.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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