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as in to recruit
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Recent Examples of enlist
Starbucks is the latest foreign retail business to enlist a local partner to turn around their ailing fortunes in China as a persistent property slump sours consumer appetite for everything from premium luxury goods to ice creams.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Few, though, have the social media reach to enlist such powerful helping hands.
—NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
The primary challenge the military faced in the implementation of the all-volunteer force was how to persuade young Americans to enlist.
—Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Machinga continued, saying the hunter returned to the village and asked the chief to enlist the help of others.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Oct. 2025
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McBride was inducted into both the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 2017 and was a past president of the Nashville Songwriters Assn.—
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McBride was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2017, and the Alabama Music Hall of Fame honored him the same year.—
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Pitt defensive tackle Francis Brewu is another name worth tracking, considering new Irish defensive line coach Charlie Partridge recruited him into the Panthers program before taking a job with the Indianapolis Colts.—
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Probationary fire recruits training to join the department provided assistance with containing the fire, officials said.—
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Dallas College also offers tuition waivers for those 65 and older, allowing seniors to enroll in credit classes at no charge.—
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Public schools receive funding from state and federal dollars for every student that is enrolled.—
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The following three entries on the international top 5 liberally employ animation in their respective mise-en-scènes, but wouldn't qualify at the Golden Globes in the Best Animated Film category.—
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If available, employ your fog lights.—
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Many Iranians, including those sympathetic to Palestinian rights, resent being conscripted into conflicts that are not their own.—
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Louis Vuitton celebrated the centenary of its brown and gold patterned canvas back in 1996, famously conscripting designers including Helmut Lang, Romeo Gigli, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaïa and Sybilla to design bags or travel pieces.—
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Despite Sismanis’ prior record, the town approved the license renewal, the lawsuit alleges, endangering the female minors Sismanis often hired.—
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There were sufficient funds to hire private tutors and for a lengthy tour of Central America and the Caribbean during a period of extreme political instability in Venezuela at the end of the 1950s.—
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Washington can’t stop Williams the student from matriculating to another university.—
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The Division is chaired by producer Susan Arnold (13 Going On 30, America’s Sweethearts) and matriculates around 215 students annually.—
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Each application will be reviewed individually, giving regulators greater flexibility while retaining tight oversight.—
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Leadership also noted that, despite the legal friction, a majority of members voted to retain the current board during a separate special meeting.—
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“Enlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlist. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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