enlistment
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Risks notwithstanding, its enlistment in broader cyber operations should expand the government’s arsenal in a dramatic way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Otherwise it contravened section 68 of Kenya's penal code and attracted up to 10 years in jail unless a court was satisfied the enlistment was not voluntary.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026
Among the American troops, there were mutinies and desertions and soldiers simply going home when their enlistment was up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Nevertheless, it was given credit for a modest enlistment bump that year.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
Brinker for example had begun a long, decisive sequence of withdrawals from school activity ever since the morning I deserted his enlistment plan.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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