as in rallying
an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort
called for the prompt mobilization of all national resources to combat the deadly epidemic
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Derrick Johnson is president of the NAACP and Dominik Whitehead is the NAACP’s senior vice president of campaigns and mobilization.
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Derrick Johnson, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Although Moscow has also been dealing with desertions, Ukrainians going AWOL have laid bare deeply rooted problems bedeviling their military and how Kyiv is managing the war, from the flawed mobilization drive to the overstretching and hollowing out of front-line units.
—Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
The Russian government is avoiding mobilization like the plague, engendering clever (but still desperate) ways to pad the ranks.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
At 59, Bilak has nearly aged out of the military draft, which goes up to 60, but the country's mobilization remains a threat.
—Ross Peleh, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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Derrick Johnson, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
Although Moscow has also been dealing with desertions, Ukrainians going AWOL have laid bare deeply rooted problems bedeviling their military and how Kyiv is managing the war, from the flawed mobilization drive to the overstretching and hollowing out of front-line units.
—Samya Kullab and Volodymyr Yurchuk, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
The Russian government is avoiding mobilization like the plague, engendering clever (but still desperate) ways to pad the ranks.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
At 59, Bilak has nearly aged out of the military draft, which goes up to 60, but the country's mobilization remains a threat.
—Ross Peleh, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Mobilization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobilization. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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