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
He had not handled a gun since he was a teenage conscript in Hitler’s Wehrmacht at the end of World War II.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 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
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
Like other Russian conscripts who described their experiences to AFP, he spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
By comparison, Norway conscripts both men and women, generally for 12 months.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
Aegon Dragonlord had perhaps a fifth that number, the chroniclers said, and most of those were conscripts from the ranks of the last king he had slain, their loyalties uncertain.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
One has said he was conscripted at 17 and served in a reconnaissance unit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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
"We are glad they are finally gone, because they ruled by fear," said 25-year-old Sonuram Gutta, who said he was conscripted into the insurgency, but was allowed to leave after a few years of fighting.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Kenya estimates that 252 citizens have been illegally conscripted in Russia, and last week Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi visited Moscow to address the matter.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
He had run away from Austria with his bride to avoid being conscripted into the army.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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
Rather than conscripting auteurs and grinding them up, why not bring in a hack?
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2023
Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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