enlisted

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At every checkpoint, company agents enlisted local guides to ride along and direct the Ford cars for miles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

He also enlisted the help of party heavyweights Harriet Harman and former prime minister Gordon Brown.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

This year, she's enlisted Boy George, who turns up to sing about "all the boys at the bar sipping cool champagne".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The reaction from the assembled senior officers and enlisted leaders was cold and mostly silent.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Navy enlisted female clerks as “yeomanettes,” who were barred from sea duty but given formal naval rank.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman