conscript
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Trudging through snow, a young Finnish conscript carefully draws a thin blue wire between two pine trees.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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
The regime later said it did not plan to include women in the conscript pool "at present" but did not specify what that meant.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 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
The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
We joined a training session for Denmark’s conscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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
General Kundid promises a "very dynamic, very interesting" programme for the conscripts.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
The Mexica were subordinated by a nearby city-state on the shore, and the tlatoani was forced to send Mexica men as conscripts for its wars.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Now Kyaw Myint is worried about them being conscripted -- "not only by the military but also by ethnic armed groups", he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
One has said he was conscripted at 17 and served in a reconnaissance unit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Kenya estimates that 252 citizens have been illegally conscripted in Russia, and last week Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi visited Moscow to address the matter.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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
Last year, just before Purim, Anya’s life had turned sideways when Papa had been conscripted and sent to Rûm.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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
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