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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
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Burnett recruited leading Americana, folk and bluegrass music virtuosos including Alison Krauss, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Larkin Poe and Lucius to appear on Look Up, many on multiple tracks.Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, another research group in Singapore is currently recruiting for a study on the Delta variant.Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 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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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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According to the Italian Ministry of Education, less than 18,000 students enroll in a bachelor program out of a potential 100,000 students.Shivani Vora, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Families whose income exceeds poverty wages but spend a large portion of their income on housing may become eligible to enroll their children in Head Start.Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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Key to this initial foothold in the industry was grabbing the attention of Uptown CEO Andre Harrell, who hired him as an intern and ushered him into the label’s A&R department.Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 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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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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If the buyer is not a U.S. company and does not desire to grant stock options or equity incentives, what types of cash compensation plans will the buyer use to retain key employees of the seller?AllBusiness, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Finally, pay a visit to a former U.S. Weather Bureau Station building which now functions as a welcome center but retains its 1901 appearance and can give further insight into weather forecasting sciences of the past.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 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 20 Jan. 2025.
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