conscript
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The armed forces pick - and conscript - the best candidates.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Trudging through snow, a young Finnish conscript carefully draws a thin blue wire between two pine trees.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
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
Unfortunately, it cannot temporarily conscript public roads as the also fading auto racing industry can do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Azareen, fierce and stoic as she was, had one of the prettiest tattoos Sarai had seen—done by Guldan, of course, who was now a conscript in Minya’s wretched army.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
It is debating lifting the prohibition on conscripts serving outside Sweden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"As a result, conscripts are now ending up in the war in record numbers."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Back in the mountain camp, PDF commander Da Wa agrees the conscripts are a problem.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Mexica were subordinated by a nearby city-state on the shore, and the tlatoani was forced to send Mexica men as conscripts for its wars.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
When asked about allegations that individuals were being conscripted outside their home township, he said transfers from other townships do occur when local quotas cannot be met.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
"Then I heard they're not just present but one of the playable protagonists? And not even special forces, handled from the perspective of an ordinary conscripted soldier, that's what gets me."
From BBC ● May 29, 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
I thank God that Papa was too old to be conscripted into the army.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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
Rather than conscripting auteurs and grinding them up, why not bring in a hack?
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2023
“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
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