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He insists his father was a forced conscript and did not support the Nazis.

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

They also park their classic Jeep Wagoneer to conscript Wiig, via FaceTime, to write a “tear-to-your-eye, fun, uptempo, jazzy with a little country” theme song for their journey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

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

Another conscript was Hussain, from Ohn Taw Gyi camp, which is also near Sittwe.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024

“I told him you are my brother. He said he will make sure nobody comes here to conscript you.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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

That number almost certainly includes conscripts the military has begun forcibly recruiting to bolster its ranks.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

His grandfather had fled their village in 1948 to avoid being conscripted in the civil war that was upending millions of lives.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

The foreign ministry estimates that 252 Kenyans have been illegally conscripted to fight on the front line - a trend that began about six months ago and has also involved recruits from other African countries.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 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

At the same time, in Narewka and many other villages throughout Poland, men were conscripted for forced labor.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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

Although that practice ended decades ago, the program continues to draw criticism for keeping intelligent animals in captivity and conscripting them into human war efforts.

From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 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