conscript
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His manifestos mix smart political satire with comedic promises to cap croissant prices, improve WiFi on UK trains and conscript people using speakerphones on public transport.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
Tired as Illia is, the idea of fighting alongside a petrified conscript in a trench is not an appealing one.
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
Unfortunately, it cannot temporarily conscript public roads as the also fading auto racing industry can do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Azareen, fierce and stoic as she was, had one of the prettiest tattoos Sarai had seen—done by Guldan, of course, who was now a conscript in Minya’s wretched army.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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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
The army has been blighted by several scandals -- particularly over an unpopular mobilisation drive, the treatment of conscripts and reports of widespread absenteeism and equipment shortages in some units.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Back in the mountain camp, PDF commander Da Wa agrees the conscripts are a problem.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
It was as if the elderly man’s leaving had angered him and that he held not the second soldier but the new conscripts responsible.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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One has said he was conscripted at 17 and served in a reconnaissance unit.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
His grandfather had fled their village in 1948 to avoid being conscripted in the civil war that was upending millions of lives.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
A full-size replica of a Spanish galleon stares out into Manila Bay, the centrepiece of a museum that will transport visitors back to the 17th century, when conscripted Philippine mariners hastened the era of globalisation.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 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
“We just received some bad news. The emperor has conscripted the men of a village north of here and we”—the king hesitated and glanced around warily—“and we...have friends there.”
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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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
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