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His manifestos mix smart political satire with comedic promises to cap croissant prices, improve WiFi on UK trains and conscript people using speakerphones on public transport.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Here we look at how this new recruitment drive is playing out among Nato's 30 European member states, many of whom still have conscript armies.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

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

Azareen, fierce and stoic as she was, had one of the prettiest tattoos Sarai had seen—done by Guldan, of course, who was now a conscript in Minya’s wretched army.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The army has been blighted by several scandals -- particularly over an unpopular mobilisation drive, the treatment of conscripts and reports of widespread absenteeism and equipment shortages in some units.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

"As a result, conscripts are now ending up in the war in record numbers."

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

By comparison, Norway conscripts both men and women, generally for 12 months.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Who would not want to believe that drones and robots can do the job, rather than a member of your own family, roughly conscripted on the streets of your own hometown?

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

But as we round the first corner, almost all of the exhibits are the work of amateurs, conscripted from civilian life and professionalized into name, rank and number.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

The foreign ministry estimates that 252 Kenyans have been illegally conscripted to fight on the front line - a trend that began about six months ago and has also involved recruits from other African countries.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

I was conscripted into kitchen duty with Mother.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

Although that practice ended decades ago, the program continues to draw criticism for keeping intelligent animals in captivity and conscripting them into human war efforts.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

“But the army is conscripting all our young men.”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh