objector
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As a young man, Hockney was a conscientious objector and did his military service as a hospital orderly, before studying at the Bradford School of Art and then London's Royal College of Art from 1959.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He declared himself a conscientious objector during World War II. He was imprisoned, abandoned by his family and returned to Birmingham only to be further ostracized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
In 1985, as the Year of the Pacific approached, the ship’s captain was Peter Willcox, a lifelong seaman and conscientious objector from Vietnam who’d devoted his career to environmental action on the oceans.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
If a book is returned to the library, an objector may request a review by a state-appointed special magistrate at the expense of the school district.”
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024
During the Vietnam War, he was a conscientious objector, and there is still something of the ’60s hippie about him, like the Mao cap he sometimes wears over his braided yarmulke.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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