enlisted
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I enlisted my husband, who is a lawyer, to draft a more detailed appeal that included exhibits from my employer health-plan documents.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
She enlisted six other ranchers to join the legal brief and tell the court how climate change is affecting them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The actor stars alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a mob hitman enlisted by the FBI to help investigate a racist murder in 1960s Mississippi in this bare-knuckle historical drama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Born in London in 1925, Donald Turrell was just 17 when he enlisted, having forged a letter from his parents to say he was 18.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
General Peckem’s attitude toward all the personnel in his command, officers and enlisted men, was marked by the same easy spirit of tolerance and permissiveness.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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