conscript
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He insists his father was a forced conscript and did not support the Nazis.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Here we look at how this new recruitment drive is playing out among Nato's 30 European member states, many of whom still have conscript armies.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 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
"As a result, conscripts are now ending up in the war in record numbers."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Back in the mountain camp, PDF commander Da Wa agrees the conscripts are a problem.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Both reluctant conscripts and regime loyalists were no longer prepared to fight and die for a corrupt and cruel regime that repaid them with poverty and oppression.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
Here, the Russian conscripts are either mean but brave or they just have rotten luck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
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
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
Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 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
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
Based on their experiences in the Great War, people assumed women and children would be safe, but able-bodied men would be conscripted into the German army as forced laborers.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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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