conscript
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The armed forces pick - and conscript - the best candidates.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He insists his father was a forced conscript and did not support the Nazis.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
The legislation, which was watered down from its original draft, will make it easier to identify every conscript in the country.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024
Unfortunately, it cannot temporarily conscript public roads as the also fading auto racing industry can do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
“I told him you are my brother. He said he will make sure nobody comes here to conscript you.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The conscripts then do up to 15 months compulsory training before going back into civilian life, in employment or higher education.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"As a result, conscripts are now ending up in the war in record numbers."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Mexica were subordinated by a nearby city-state on the shore, and the tlatoani was forced to send Mexica men as conscripts for its wars.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
With able-bodied German men conscripted to fight in the war, workers from the lands the Nazis occupied were drafted to meet the labor shortage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
After Prince Sihanouk’s government fell in 1970, he was conscripted into the new government of Lon Nol.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
As a Christian minister of an American Baptist congregation, I’ve spent more than 20 years in a pulpit — long enough to know the difference between protecting a church and conscripting one.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Temporary arrangements to continue it were formally ended by the court last year, forcing the government to begin conscripting the community.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
On November 19, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the government was required to present an effective proposal for conscripting the ultra-Orthodox.
From Barron's ● Nov. 29, 2025
In Knoxville, Tenn., the week began with angry Tennessee fans conscripting themselves in a successful battle to stymie the hiring of Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano as head coach.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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