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enlist

[en-list] / ɛnˈlɪst /


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And since things take a turn for the medical, Duffy’s oldest daughter, Evita, and her husband, Wisconsin Republican congressional candidate Michael Alfonso, enlist an ultrasound tech to reveal their unborn child’s gender.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Sometimes the founders fly in to host, while other times they enlist what they called a small “boots on the ground” team.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

This included BTS members, who were at the height of their fame in 2022 when they started taking career breaks to enlist in the military.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

To implement the strategy, you may want to enlist a financial adviser and an estate-planning attorney, who can help with asset-protection strategies.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

Tonya was the coxswain for a young men’s rowing crew, and they all went to enlist as soldiers together when the war started—“eight boys and myself,” Tonya said.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Citing a growing threat posed by transnational criminal organizations, President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum that enlists the help of the private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

And you might have seen him as himself this year in the third season of Lisa Kudrow’s “The Comeback,” as the man she enlists to save a television pilot from hacky AI jokes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Ukraine also enlists foreign combatants but does so overtly.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

He even enlists Rosalind in ”As You Like It” and Prospero in “The Tempest” to bid their audiences farewell.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

He enlists the aid of the sacred ota stone, as well as the shrunken head of a doll, a ball of powdered eggshell, and the eggun, a vertebra from the spine of a goat.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

He travelled in 2025 to Ukraine, where he enlisted in the country's armed forces and "gained access to information relating to their military personnel, units and locations", police allege.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

In January 2014, Fox enlisted in the Army.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

While Kim grew closer to Kremlin-linked businessmen, her newly estranged husband, Bakalchuk, enlisted the support of Ramzan Kadyrov, a former warlord and current head of Chechnya who intervenes in business disputes in return for cash.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

He enlisted in the US Navy during the Vietnam War before embarking on a career in acting.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

General Peckem’s attitude toward all the personnel in his command, officers and enlisted men, was marked by the same easy spirit of tolerance and permissiveness.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The exercise -- enlisting 18,000 South Korean troops and counterparts from US forces in the country -- will have a heightened focus on drone warfare, GPS disruption and the role of cyber attacks, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

However, he has subsequently adopted a more market-friendly stance, including enlisting a former Bank of England chief economist as an advisor.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Several Manhattan private-school parents said another key to getting extra time—and unlimited bathroom breaks—is enlisting a gastroenterologist to diagnose inflammatory bowel disease or irritable bowel syndrome.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Instead of enlisting surrogates to push an uplifting vision for L.A.’s future, Pratt elevates those who speak of the city as a West Coast Chernobyl.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

Carlos was always trying to get away with something, or at least he used to be like that before enlisting, but Alex found that rules imposed a structure, and he preferred that.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer




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