enlist
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The details are few, but human capital is an enduring advantage for free societies, and fixing military recruitment means more than signing up enough 18-year-olds to enlist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Egyptians enlist AI “SpongeBob” to vent over living conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
"As is well known, our people enlist voluntarily and sign a contract," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
And since things take a turn for the medical, Duffy’s oldest daughter, Evita, and her husband, Wisconsin Republican congressional candidate Michael Alfonso, enlist an ultrasound tech to reveal their unborn child’s gender.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Take your fight for the right to be different to the people with power, and enlist your parents' help.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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But it’s lonely up there for Garry, so for an alarming—sorry, I mean impressive—number of his exploits he enlists help from audience members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
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
Our protagonist comes from a nondescript family, attends a minor boarding school, falls in love with Oxford, enlists in the British army and is transformed forever by a trip to North Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
I guess he enlists you to play, too.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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He also spoke to James Samuel, 100, who is in a wheelchair, with the the King hearing how aged 19 he enlisted in the British Guiana Volunteer Force in 1943.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The casting introduces its own familiar comic premise: the polished gay man enlisted to introduce his less domestically accomplished counterparts to the finer points of everyday living.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The complaint also said Mattie Music Group enlisted the help of musicologist Alexander Stewart to determine “substantial” similarities between the two songs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
“Do you really think it’s a good idea to let the enlisted men in ?” he asked with concern.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Pillinger, originally from Kingswood near Bristol, became a familiar face in the 1990s as he sought public support and funding for the ambitious mission, enlisting celebrities and pop stars to help promote it.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Add another pot or two, increase the quantities and consider enlisting contributions from friends.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Countering that trend are young people who have spent the past three years doing the opposite: enlisting in the military, marrying and building lives inside a nation at war, reports Anvee Bhutani.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Emmanuel Banuelos spent weeks planning the perfect proposal, selecting a picturesque spot at a Laguna Beach park, enlisting his soon-to-be sister-in-law as a videographer and booking a mariachi band to play his girlfriend’s favorite music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Like Henry, I sensed I was enlisting in something great, too—writing—and that it was time for me to stop running away from it, but to face it head on.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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