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To explore this possibility, the researchers recruited 28 patients from hospitals across Spain.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Unable to find the expertise they required inside the military, the officers recruited civilian divers, warning them the mission would be dangerous and potentially life-threatening, according to the senior military officers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

And the figures were worse for maths, where only 75 trainee postgraduate teachers were recruited towards a target of 250.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

When we recruited another group of commuters and randomly assigned them to do one of those three things, however, we found the opposite: Commuters reported having the best commute when they talked with a stranger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

She had been recruited to Langley in 1943 from Farmville, Virginia, where she had been working as a math teacher.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson