conscript

Trudging through snow, a young Finnish conscript carefully draws a thin blue wire between two pine trees.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Initially, men had to have at least three months of conscript service under their belts before signing a contract.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025

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

“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

It is debating lifting the prohibition on conscripts serving outside Sweden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The dumb conscripts are given instant gratification and money.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

"As a result, conscripts are now ending up in the war in record numbers."

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Around 800 people are in the first batch of conscripts.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

Aegon Dragonlord had perhaps a fifth that number, the chroniclers said, and most of those were conscripts from the ranks of the last king he had slain, their loyalties uncertain.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

“Das Rheingold” is a swift, sardonic political fable; “Die Walküre” is a family tragedy of shattered promises and children conscripted into their parents’ designs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

But as we round the first corner, almost all of the exhibits are the work of amateurs, conscripted from civilian life and professionalized into name, rank and number.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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

Maybe the female guards had been conscripted from some other unit.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there.

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