enlist
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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
Sometimes the founders fly in to host, while other times they enlist what they called a small “boots on the ground” team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
This included BTS members, who were at the height of their fame in 2022 when they started taking career breaks to enlist in the military.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Bugs Bunny and assorted Looney Tunes characters enlist superstar Michael Jordan’s help to defeat space aliens in a winner-take-all basketball game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 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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Citing a growing threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum that enlists the help of the private sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
There will also be a rather literal interpretation of comedy series Amandaland that enlists a string of famous Amandas, and a performance from singer-songwriter Calum Scott.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
He enlists the help of a girl and her robot caretaker to try to get back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
But Vahid is not certain he has the right man, so he enlists a group of other victims to help identify him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
In that picture Claude Barron enlists in the Foreign Legion because Rita Carrol marries another guy.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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He travelled in 2025 to Ukraine, where he enlisted in the country's armed forces and "gained access to information relating to their military personnel, units and locations", police allege.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
In January 2014, Fox enlisted in the Army.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
These factors can be overwhelming, for both enlisted troops and officers as well.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
In this case, he enlisted the assistance of his longtime romantic partner, Chester Kallman, who had introduced him to opera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In April of 1944, I was among some sixty American enlisted men who took a rather specialized pre-invasion training course, directed by British Intelligence, in Devon, England.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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The exercise -- enlisting 18,000 South Korean troops and counterparts from US forces in the country -- will have a heightened focus on drone warfare, GPS disruption and the role of cyber attacks, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Actually, it’s Stuart from an alternative universe enlisting him to restore things with the help of a malfunctioned quantum interference device created by Sheldon, Leonard and Howard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
However, he has subsequently adopted a more market-friendly stance, including enlisting a former Bank of England chief economist as an advisor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Conte organized the Friends of Christopher Columbus Foundation, enlisting local Italian-American groups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
“You look like you’re enlisting in the army.”
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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