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

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 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

The conscripts then do up to 15 months compulsory training before going back into civilian life, in employment or higher education.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 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

One has said he was conscripted at 17 and served in a reconnaissance unit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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

Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

The foreign ministry estimates that 252 Kenyans have been illegally conscripted to fight on the front line - a trend that began about six months ago and has also involved recruits from other African countries.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

I thank God that Papa was too old to be conscripted into the army.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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

The government is conscripting people to live on Martian colonies.

From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022

Any soldier on a conscripting mission could see him there.

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