as in drafted
to pick especially for required military service was conscripted into the army shortly after turning 18
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Recent Examples of conscripted Maybe drafted is more like it, as when he was conscripted to have a blue clay face mask applied. —
Tracy Smith, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026 Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Very few Iowans were conscripted, since the state maintained robust ranks of volunteers throughout the war. —Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026 As part of the Catholic peace movement, some of them were experienced in breaking into draft boards and stealing Selective Service records of poor men in an attempt to prevent them from being conscripted. —Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 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. —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
Tracy Smith, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026 Jamie gets conscripted into the Continental Army and sent to Fort Ticonderoga. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026 Very few Iowans were conscripted, since the state maintained robust ranks of volunteers throughout the war. —Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026 As part of the Catholic peace movement, some of them were experienced in breaking into draft boards and stealing Selective Service records of poor men in an attempt to prevent them from being conscripted. —Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026 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. —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
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There's nothing wrong with being dedicated fans, sure, but booing a guy your team just drafted is kind of a bad look.— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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The new coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš drafted the plan to scrap the fees that individuals, households and businesses pay to access the outlets.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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Director Nick Castle’s 1984 sci-fi adventure of a trailer park kid recruited to join an interstellar war against Xur and the ruthless Ko-Dan Armada is still a fantastic flick over 40 years after its original theatrical release.— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Combs had been one of two portfolio managers recruited by Warren Buffett to help oversee the conglomerate’s equity holdings.— Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
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