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Recent Examples of enlist
Brands and studios regularly enlist them to interview celebrities and artists for social media content.
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Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
In South Korea, young men between the ages of 18 and 28 must enlist in the military, typically for 18 to 21 months, according to the language learning service 90 Day Korean.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2026
In South Korea, young men between the ages of 18 and 28 must enlist in the military, typically for 18 to 21 months, according to the language learning service 90 Day Korean.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
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Eleven of them were inducted between 1963 and 1972.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Guthrie is also a New York Times bestselling author and was inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame in 2022.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
3 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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Archdiocese educators will help affected OLH families enroll in the Catholic schools still left in the area while helping teachers and staff find employment at other schools in the archdiocese.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Those who are automatically re-enrolled but fail to pay their insurance bills get a grace period of three months before their coverage is terminated.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Russian sources indicate that Sarma can employ a range of existing and future 300 mm munitions, including high-explosive and guided rockets.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the past, New Delhi had opposed tariffs on sectors such as agriculture and dairy, which employ the bulk of the country's population.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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David Plotz, the CEO of City Cast, told Semafor in a phone call that the local podcast network was expanding its coverage of Washington as a direct result of the Post’s pullback, and would be immediately hiring four multi-platform journalists.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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One Florida resident reportedly hired a local mover without bothering to determine if the company was licensed, only to run into a boatload of trouble.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Fewer births mean fewer students are entering and matriculating through CPS, affecting early grade levels.—
Hope Moses,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Washington can’t stop Williams the student from matriculating to another university.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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The company expects to close a deal in the spring to sell 60% of its China business to Boyu Capital, while retaining a 40% stake.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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The next year, he was appointed sheriff, but lost an election in 2016 to retain the position.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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