recruit
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Born in San Jose, Calif., before moving to Chapel Hill, N.C as a teen, he was tabbed as the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2023 by the American Junior Golf Association.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Right now, the level of energy and ability to pull in and recruit new members—the last few years has been a time of a lot more activity,” he said.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
"At the moment I'm looking to recruit trainee scissor manufacturers, as opposed to looking to put people out of work by investing in more technology," says White.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It also limited the ability of malformed tau to act as "seeds" that recruit more tau proteins and build larger clumps.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Jack shows me how to zoom in and out before we recruit a couple of customers to join him and Alexa.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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Naval warfare means the most junior recruits aren’t able to sail at the moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Amanda Litman, co-founder and president of Run for Something, an organization that recruits young progressives to run for office, agreed.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Potential recruits are told to gather in a location, dressed in black, with a face-covering.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Potential recruits left the tent with flyers advertising signing bonuses of up to $60,000 and salaries starting at $50,741, which can climb as high as $110,563.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Only a third of one percent of Soviet women attended universities at this time, so the education level of many of Marina’s recruits was off the scale by ordinary standards.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Lagrue has been recruited essentially as a replacement for Helmut Marko, who retired from his long-time role as Red Bull's motorsport adviser at the end of last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Children of participants in the Nurses' Health Study II were recruited from across the United States.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Bisignano ran into problems with his old firm when he recruited a number of JPMorgan executives to join him at First Data, which JPMorgan said violated his separation agreement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
In December, the government said at least two Batswana youths may have been recruited.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
During World War II, he was among the elite scientists recruited to a secret lab called Los Alamos, in the mountains of New Mexico.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Under Tanzanian law, offences such as recruiting for, facilitating, harbouring or supporting terrorists or terrorist groups carry severe penalties.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Here’s one example you can use, as recommended by Kevin Grunewald, a talent acquisition and recruiting professional with 10 years of experience:
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
That’s a hell of a recruiting tool for reporters to join the travel pool.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Now, the governing bodies in various sports are developing recruiting campaigns for targeted audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
On the one hand, it seemed to me as if it were a few days ago when I was standing in the recruiting office, convincing the Marines that I was old enough to join up.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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