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Recent Examples of enlisted
Samuel C. Mahaney, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
One of five kids, Crumb was born in 1943 to Chuck, an enlisted Marine, and Bea, a diner waitress.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The money is supposed to help soldiers with food costs, but a Military.com investigation found that of the $225 million collected from enlisted soldiers’ BAS pay last year at 11 of the Army’s largest bases, $151 million was directed elsewhere.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
She was raised in Crisfield and her sister, Marian Elzie Wilson, was also in the WACs as an enlisted member of 6888.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
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The enlisted oath also includes a promise to follow the lawful orders of the president and of the officers appointed above them.
—Samuel C. Mahaney, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
One of five kids, Crumb was born in 1943 to Chuck, an enlisted Marine, and Bea, a diner waitress.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
The money is supposed to help soldiers with food costs, but a Military.com investigation found that of the $225 million collected from enlisted soldiers’ BAS pay last year at 11 of the Army’s largest bases, $151 million was directed elsewhere.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
She was raised in Crisfield and her sister, Marian Elzie Wilson, was also in the WACs as an enlisted member of 6888.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 30 Jan. 2025
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On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack on Israel, which killed 1,200 people and led to 251 being abducted.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Broader market reactions have been muted, barring brief spikes in oil prices when Israel entered direct confrontations with Hamas’ crude-rich patron Iran and with other of Tehran’s proxies, such as Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.—
Ruxandra Iordache,Emma Graham,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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The organizers recruited people for the tasks via the Telegram messaging app and paid them in cryptocurrency, the statement said.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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The case, part of an ongoing lawfare effort in which local governments have been recruited to serve as plaintiffs, sought to hold the companies liable for damages the island suffered as a result of Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico in 2017.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Then under Nazi Germany, cave research fell under the purview of the Schutzstaffel (SS), the political paramilitary force governed by Heinrich Himmler.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Ku Klux Klan and other white terror groups acted as a paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party, intent on driving the Republican Party out of Southern politics.—
Time,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The chat opened with Ronson taking a victory lap for helping Foreigner — co-founded by his stepdad, guitarist Mick Jones — get inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lawler has been inducted in countless wrestling halls of fame, including the WWE Hall of Fame (2007), Memphis Wrestling Hall of Fame (2017), and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum (2011).—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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To conquer the competition, Flyjets has employed a two-prong strategy encompassing a marketplace and an exchange.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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More than 19,000 people are employed by the bank in the Charlotte region, part of 213,000 workers across its company.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, a warlike species would probably just wipe us out.—
Matthew Hutson,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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His warlike actions in Iran, despite campaign promises to the contrary, blatantly bypassed the need to gain approval from the legislative branch of government.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2025
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More Americans have enrolled their children in charter schools in the years since the coronavirus pandemic upended education, according to new data—at a time when enrollment at traditional public schools is continuing to decline.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Queens Board of Trustees will continue to be active for about four years, while current Queens students are enrolled.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 2025
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Titan Protection Security was hired, but that didn’t bring the company much comfort since employees work in the building all hours of the day.—
PJ Green
September 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Masino was hired at Cracker Barrel in 2023 after holding top positions at Taco Bell and Starbucks’ smaller international divisions and as CEO of Sprinkles Cupcakes.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Enlisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisted. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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