conscription
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The seven pop stars of the South Korean band BTS said they would serve their military conscriptions.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022
Yet some of those fleeing are seeking to avoid joining the military through conscriptions.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2022
Christie’s is offering his tableau of aged men marching to protest French Army conscriptions and a portrait of a newly drafted Algerian soldier bidding farewell to his mother.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2013
Ugwu knew she was thinking about the conscriptions.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
New conscriptions were called for, and granted: every arsenal resounded with the fabrication of arms: and all the taxes were at once doubled by an imperial decree.
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
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The American Civil War
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