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recruit

[ri-kroot] / rɪˈkrut /




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Customs and Border Patrol uses rodeo events to recruit agents.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Faced with soaring demand for obesity treatments, his company is seeking to recruit around 100 precision mechanics over the next three years for its factory in Solothurn, near the capital Bern.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Moir said head teachers were increasingly being forced to change timetables to fit the teachers they could recruit, rather than running the full range of subjects.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

She said schools were struggling to recruit teachers in both urban and rural areas.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

George Blake's assignment from MI6 was to recruit Soviets to become double agents for the British.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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