enlisted

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He also enlisted the help of party heavyweights Harriet Harman and former prime minister Gordon Brown.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

This year, she's enlisted Boy George, who turns up to sing about "all the boys at the bar sipping cool champagne".

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Gen. Rob Bonta has enlisted new allies in his legal battle to unravel Nexstar Media Group’s takeover of rival television station group Tegna Inc.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

My dad was enlisted in the Army and served for 20 years, and then was an IT administrator after the military.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

Paul Jennings spent his earliest years doing small chores—“a boy under his mother’s feet in the big house enlisted as errand runner.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis