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Trudging through snow, a young Finnish conscript carefully draws a thin blue wire between two pine trees.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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

They also park their classic Jeep Wagoneer to conscript Wiig, via FaceTime, to write a “tear-to-your-eye, fun, uptempo, jazzy with a little country” theme song for their journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

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

“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

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

That number almost certainly includes conscripts the military has begun forcibly recruiting to bolster its ranks.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

The Algerian war of independence was the last conflict fought by French conscripts, with more than 12,000 killed.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 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

Under Kenya's laws it is illegal for the country's citizens to be conscripted into foreign armies - an offence that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 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

To protect Khouy from being conscripted into the army and Laine from being abducted by soldiers, they are married quickly in a quiet, secret ceremony with both sets of parents giving their blessings.

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

“If it has come to this, that you are conscripting somebody my age, then Biafra has died,” the elderly man said quietly.

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