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[en-list] / ɛnˈlɪst /


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He was terrified of heights and was so small that a recruiting sergeant insisted he enlist as a communications specialist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

To make up for this, Gray’s team tried to enlist several leading academic historians to instill more of an overarching narrative structure.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Sometimes the founders fly in to host, while other times they enlist what they called a small “boots on the ground” team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

If you enlist AI for financial advice, you’ll certainly get it.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

The government puts out calls for men to enlist in the service.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

This series sequel enlists Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh to play rough in this dystopia, with Schafer as Cora, a human Blade Runner who teams with Yeoh’s Olwen, a fading replicant.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Citing a growing threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum that enlists the help of the private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

To help explain how Lincoln emerged to win the Republican nomination and the presidency, Mr. Earle enlists a journalist, Murat Halstead, as an eyewitness guide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

And you might have seen him as himself this year in the third season of Lisa Kudrow’s “The Comeback,” as the man she enlists to save a television pilot from hacky AI jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

He enlists the aid of the sacred ota stone, as well as the shrunken head of a doll, a ball of powdered eggshell, and the eggun, a vertebra from the spine of a goat.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Japanese convenience store chain FamilyMart has enlisted Lady Gaga for a recruitment campaign, convincing the pop icon to trade vocal registers for cash registers in an effort to plug staffing shortages at thousands of outlets.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Levine and a colleague, Monique Johnson, decided to ask for outside help by launching an ad hoc podcast, Portrait of Possibilities, and they enlisted other experts such as Sullivan to be guests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

To test the idea under controlled conditions, Seiler enlisted retired Berkeley chemists David Kreimer and Elena Kreimer, a retired manager of the College of Chemistry's Microanalytical Facility.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

MS NOW has also enlisted a group of mental health experts who will front programs only available on the MS NOW Membership platform, including former ABC News correspondent and “Nightline” co-anchor Dan Harris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

“No. He enlisted in the Marines. He's already off to training at Camp Pendleton. Of course, Dovie is beside herself.”

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

It feels almost like poetic justice: subverting AI’s narrative fluency by enlisting it in service of our own storytelling, helping us become more intentional—and healthier—authors of our lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Recruiters have also targeted foreigners living in Russia without legal status, promising them residency or a passport in exchange for enlisting, Amnesty said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Actually, it’s Stuart from an alternative universe enlisting him to restore things with the help of a malfunctioned quantum interference device created by Sheldon, Leonard and Howard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

To promote it, the company is enlisting more than 200 creators, from professional influencers to niche fans of pottery, crafts or flower arranging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

“You look like you’re enlisting in the army.”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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