enlist

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Recent Examples of enlist To that end, talk to your son and daughter-in-law about what’s going on with you and enlist them in helping to come up with a plan that works for everyone. R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 4 June 2026 My son wants to enlist in the Marines. Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 In the spring of 1861, his great-great-great grandfather Frederick Peckman and his two brothers, who were recent German immigrants, left their homes and families to enlist in the 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 The appeal court’s majority decided that the injunction should be narrowed to the plaintiffs currently serving in the military but not those trying to enlist. Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for enlist
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Verb
  • He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2022.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
  • More Cuts As iHeart CEO Bob Pittman is being inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame, the company is making cuts that have left many stations with no talent beyond the pre-recorded material supplied by larger markets.
    Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Kenya’s foreign minister flew to Moscow in March to demand that Russia stop recruiting Kenyans, describing the pipeline bringing Kenyan citizens to Russia as a human trafficking ring.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • Barcott is the co-founder and CEO of With Honor, an organization that recruits bipartisan veterans to run for office.
    Quinn Scanlan, ABC News, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • Students who enrolled in bachelor’s programs at 27 Texas colleges earned more over time than non-students, the study found.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • Aracely is an engineering student in San Diego, but she had been enrolled in school in Los Angeles until both her parents made the decision to self-deport.
    Luzdelia Caballero, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • Alyse Lopez-Salm, who lives in a small North Carolina town close to the military base that employs her husband, is one of the 35 million Americans who work from home.
    Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • First, that Netanyahu will once again rely on the anti-Arab rhetoric that his party has employed for years.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.
    Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026
  • Veramonteforte, the sartorial atelier established by design veteran Massimo Monteforte in 2023, has launched its first ready-to-wear capsule, conscripting marquee partners for the occasion.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • The point of the Top 10 lists, Chandrasekaran said, is to steer young adults to employers that are actively hiring recent graduates into jobs that can seed meaningful careers.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • André Duvenhage, research director at South Africa’s North-West University, said migrants are often hired because employers see them as willing to work for lower wages and, as non-citizens, they are typically not protected by as many labor protections.
    Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Way matriculated through Kansas City’s minor-league system.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • Nearly half her students matriculate at Ivy League and peer-selective universities; the rest place across top liberal arts colleges and flagship state schools.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • The Heat began Tuesday by retaining three-point shooting forward Simone Fontecchio in free agency, and then continued to address its need for outside shooting when league-wide free agent negotiations were permitted to begin Tuesday night.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • Buildings with no air conditioning will heat up and retain the heat.
    Bill Kelly, CBS News, 1 July 2026

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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.

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