enlisted

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At 17, he enlisted in the RAF before travelling overseas.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

To help bring his vision to life, Riley enlisted costume designer Shirley Kurata, the Oscar-nominated stylist behind the equally surreal "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He alleged they enlisted deep-pocketed boosters to provide cash or housing to players so coaches could say they had no knowledge of illicit payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

As reporters Kat Lonsdorf and Tom Bowman noted, those numbers are “a drop in the bucket” compared to the more than 1.3 million people enlisted.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Most of the British troops were inexperienced volunteers, men who had enlisted while Britain was raising a new army to fight in France, and who marched to the front singing rousing battle songs.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman