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to pick especially for required military service
was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18
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Recent Examples of conscripted
One kind and patient spectator conscripted to play the school counselor had to remove her shoe to improvise a sock puppet, one of the tools of her empathetic practice.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Interestingly, its nearly cube-like design—broken only by the addition of a hood—was a statement of stature that soon made the G-Wagen a status symbol conscripted far more for shopping sorties through Beverly Hills than anything tapping into its all-terrain acumen.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
But on this afternoon in late February, attendees have trudged through the gray Manhattan slush to see—and, perhaps, be conscripted by—the boy who lived.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
In other cases, you could be conscripted to help all the way through trial.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Desta said that the Minsk police were going from apartment to apartment, rounding up migrants who had failed to cross and sending some to detention facilities to await deportation; others have been sent to the Russian border and conscripted into the Army, to fight in Ukraine.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The patriarch, Boon Kiat (Andi Lim), runs a noodle stand while his son (Koh Jia Ler) is conscripted, so young, into the army — until a major life twist brings him back to the homestead, and with a new stepmother at the helm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
For the centenary of its brown and gold patterned canvas back in 1996, Vuitton conscripted designers including Helmut Lang, Romeo Gigli, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaïa and Sybilla to design bags or travel pieces.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The story picks up where the last ended, as 12-year-old Spike is forcibly conscripted into joining a small band of murderous adolescents in blond wigs.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Jan. 2026
Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Interestingly, its nearly cube-like design—broken only by the addition of a hood—was a statement of stature that soon made the G-Wagen a status symbol conscripted far more for shopping sorties through Beverly Hills than anything tapping into its all-terrain acumen.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
But on this afternoon in late February, attendees have trudged through the gray Manhattan slush to see—and, perhaps, be conscripted by—the boy who lived.
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
In other cases, you could be conscripted to help all the way through trial.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Desta said that the Minsk police were going from apartment to apartment, rounding up migrants who had failed to cross and sending some to detention facilities to await deportation; others have been sent to the Russian border and conscripted into the Army, to fight in Ukraine.
—Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
The patriarch, Boon Kiat (Andi Lim), runs a noodle stand while his son (Koh Jia Ler) is conscripted, so young, into the army — until a major life twist brings him back to the homestead, and with a new stepmother at the helm.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
For the centenary of its brown and gold patterned canvas back in 1996, Vuitton conscripted designers including Helmut Lang, Romeo Gigli, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaïa and Sybilla to design bags or travel pieces.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 4 Feb. 2026
The story picks up where the last ended, as 12-year-old Spike is forcibly conscripted into joining a small band of murderous adolescents in blond wigs.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 25 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conscripted
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For all of you grousing that the Broncos could have just drafted a player like Waddle, Payton has not developed his Nik Bonitto on offense as Vance Joseph has on defense.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Mar. 2026
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Since 2015, 11 of the 15 corners the Cowboys have drafted possessed 32-inch or longer arms.—
Joseph Hoyt,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Mutiny includes no college grads in dead-end jobs whose grievances have turned them toward MAGA rather than union activism—young men and women recruited by Turning Point USA while still in college.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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But Rooney does have two connections to the university, one of many high-profile institutions that recruited him to play baseball.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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