as in to draft
to pick especially for required military service
young men worried about whether they would be conscribed to fight in this latest conflict
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Advertisement However, alongside casting constituency and party ballots, Thais also voted in a referendum on whether to draft a new constitution, with preliminary tallies suggesting some 65% had voted in favor.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Love starred on the gridiron at the University of Notre Dame for three years and then was drafted by the New York Giants in the fourth round, and played four years for the Giants before signing a two-year, $12 million contract with the Seahawks.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The band’s follow-up, 2002’s Away from the Sun, found Arnold shifting strictly to vocalist, with drummer Josh Freese recruited for that multiplatinum LP.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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Stanford recruited Jones aggressively to stay for a fifth year when other programs tried to lure him into the transfer portal after his senior season.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Conscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscribe. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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