boot camp

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Someone said to me, “Maybe send an email out to the parents and let them know I’m not going to be putting them through boot camp, and making them do push-ups and screaming at them.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

One way to free up monthly cash flow is by adjusting how much you’re withholding in taxes, Joy, who runs the money boot camp “Crush Your Money Goals,” says.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Rush, who lived in Rochdale, auditioned for ITV talent show The X Factor in 2016, and made it as far as the "six-chair challenge", the stage between boot camp and judges' houses.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Although she claims that Cam is her favorite kid, she only half-listens to him when he says he’s headed to boot camp, instructing him to return home with a carton of milk.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2025

It surprised me to see how hard these things were for the white recruits in the other platoons at boot camp.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac