conscribe

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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  • Herro is preparing for his seventh NBA season after being drafted by the Heat with the 13th overall pick in 2019.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Norman-Lott and Gillotte are connected in the fact that the Chiefs drafted them four picks apart in the second and third rounds, respectively.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Revolutionary groups, often recruited from universities and the intelligentsia, were soon carrying out terrorist attacks in the cities.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Ring of Fire Skull recruited Dusty Summers from a club in Las Vegas.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Conscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conscribe. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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