draftee
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Committed soldiers have been fighting without rest for years, and unenthusiastic new draftees are increasingly going AWOL.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Some 24,000 draft notices were issued last year, but only around 1,200 ultra-Orthodox - or Haredi - draftees reported for duty, according to military testimony given to lawmakers.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025
He deserves, like all draftees, to play somewhere he can be himself and lay down his own footprints and be celebrated.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
The Angels started six of their own draftees in Anaheim, and two at triple-A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024
The government decided at the outset that the American Expeditionary Force would be made up mostly of draftees.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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