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

From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026

Since the last conscript passed out in 2001 there have been various, nebulous attempts to retain something of the spirit of military service, which proponents said fostered a sense of cohesion and equality.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025

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

He had not handled a gun since he was a teenage conscript in Hitler’s Wehrmacht at the end of World War II.

From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2023

“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

If conscripts sign a contract to fight, they can end up on the front "within a month," Klyga said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Like other Russian conscripts who described their experiences to AFP, he spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

By comparison, Norway conscripts both men and women, generally for 12 months.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 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

"We are glad they are finally gone, because they ruled by fear," said 25-year-old Sonuram Gutta, who said he was conscripted into the insurgency, but was allowed to leave after a few years of fighting.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Under Kenya's laws it is illegal for the country's citizens to be conscripted into foreign armies - an offence that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 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

Rather than conscripting auteurs and grinding them up, why not bring in a hack?

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2023

“But the army is conscripting all our young men.”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh