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as in to recruit
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Recent Examples of enlist
Still a teenager, Joana enlisted with Frelimo’s military.
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Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
But the Cuban government had been actively wielding a campaign to get removed from the list, enlisting regional presidents, like Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and former Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, to lobby President Joe Biden on their behalf.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
GrubHub Like DoorDash, GrubHub enlists freelancers to deliver food to your door.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
The fact-checking program, which enlisted the help of third-party fact-checkers, was put into place shortly after the 2016 presidential election when Russia tried to use Facebook to influence the election.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Jan. 2025
But the Cuban government had been actively wielding a campaign to get removed from the list, enlisting regional presidents, like Colombia’s Gustavo Petro and former Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, to lobby President Joe Biden on their behalf.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
GrubHub Like DoorDash, GrubHub enlists freelancers to deliver food to your door.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
The fact-checking program, which enlisted the help of third-party fact-checkers, was put into place shortly after the 2016 presidential election when Russia tried to use Facebook to influence the election.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enlist
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Iran, recently inducted into the BRICS bloc, seeks advanced Russian military technology to bolster its defenses amid growing tensions with Israel.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article Former Blue Demons and Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley was inducted into the DePaul Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend, joining a class of six inductees as she was honored for her prolific Chicagoland career at the high school, collegiate and professional levels.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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As a result, signing players now means recruiting them first.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Lacoste also recruited A-list stylist Jason Bolden, who has worked closely with Zakhar Perez and been the mastermind of his rise to become a fashionable one-to-watch in the industry.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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But Ross employs his method to create a depth of subjectivity that matches Whitehead’s language, and an intense physicality that surpasses the familiar tropes of cinematic representation.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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While the carefully orchestrated spatial plan enriches the home architecturally, Lee employed a layered, relaxed approach that adapts to how the clients want to live and function in their new surroundings.—
Troy J. McMullen,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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Newsom, the oldest of three siblings, had finished his EMT training at Sierra College and sought to enroll in the fire academy, Collanton said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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This Broadway run will thankfully allow even more audiences to enroll in Toossi’s class.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Less than a month later, Hamp hired Chris Spielman as a special assistant to her and team president Rod Wood and empowered the former Lions linebacker to be a key part of the search for a general manager and coach.—
Larry Lage,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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On top of that, Cousins long had been considered the platonic ideal of plug-and-play quarterback for the Kyle Shanahan passing game, and the Falcons had just hired an offensive coordinator (Zac Robinson) who was a branch off of that larger tree.—
Josh Kendall,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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But they were moved to Harris County in 2017 after the then-presiding judge agreed that the prosecutors might struggle to impanel an impartial jury in Collin County, where Paxton lived and worked for decades.—
Lauren McGaughy,
Dallas News,
14 June 2023
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And in January, a few months after his prosecutors began revisiting the potential hush-money case, Mr. Bragg impaneled the grand jury that has now indicted Mr. Trump.—
Sean Piccoli,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2023
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Thomas has seemingly had nine lives in the organization, but Tremble is four years younger than Thomas and the easy choice if the Panthers plan to retain one of the TEs.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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This may be a blessing in disguise for A Real Pain’s Kieran Culkin, who is on the verge of sweeping every Supporting Acting prize in existence, as the Best Picture snub helps his campaign retain at least a little underdog charm.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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Many male miners working underground joined the military early in the war and, in the last year, others were conscripted.—
Michael Robinson Chávez,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2025
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About 150 recruits from the area were conscripted, including Omar’s brother, Hassan Ali, 17.—
Adam Ferguson,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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