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Recent Examples of enlisted
Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
In the military, officers and senior enlisted men often serve above their permanent rank.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024
At the end of May, two eight-story housing blocks opened for enlisted personnel without families, with room for more than 300 residents in each tower.
—Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Numbers for the Navy Reserve were just as bad — the service missed its enlisted and officer targets by 35 and 40 percent, respectively.
—Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024
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In 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée marched on Moscow with enlisted soldiers from at least nine different nationalities, with French soldiers in the minority.
—Jason Lyall, Foreign Affairs, 22 July 2022
In the military, officers and senior enlisted men often serve above their permanent rank.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024
At the end of May, two eight-story housing blocks opened for enlisted personnel without families, with room for more than 300 residents in each tower.
—Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Numbers for the Navy Reserve were just as bad — the service missed its enlisted and officer targets by 35 and 40 percent, respectively.
—Gil Barndollar, Vox, 1 Sep. 2024
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The attack at Pahalgam on Tuesday was claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF), which is an offshoot of Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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For decades, several domestic militant groups, demanding either independence for Kashmir or for the area to become part of Pakistan, have fought Indian security forces, leaving tens of thousands killed in the violence.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Sudan’s military swept across the city in recent weeks, pushing out its paramilitary rivals, the Rapid Support Forces, in the civil war tearing the country apart.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Safe Reach Solutions, the logistics firm in Gaza, was founded by Phil Reilly, a former CIA paramilitary officer who is no stranger to precarious missions in hostile territories.—
Lucien Bruggeman,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Ozzy’s father, Steve, was a great player at Boston College, inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2001 and a fourth-round pick playing five NFL seasons.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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With the aforementioned Rickles album being inducted this year, this is the second year in a row that a comedy album has made the grade.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Paycheck Protection Program was established in 2020 to help businesses keep their workforce employed during the coronavirus pandemic, and ended in May 2021.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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Toma Sparks and Justin Jenkins are still employed by the Johnson City Police Department.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The bottom line: Bipartisanship is the most obvious casualty of Schumer's new warlike posture toward the GOP.—
Hans Nichols,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Freyja, however, is a more warlike goddess, and even has a part in selecting warriors for her hall in the afterlife.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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In the Kansas 3rd District, which includes southern Wyandotte County, Johnson County and areas southwest of the metro, 53,000 people are enrolled, or 7% of the population.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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Offering freedom Some 165,000 residents in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District, which includes much of Kansas City and Jackson County, are enrolled – about 22% of residents, according to the health policy research organization KFF.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025
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Manager Craig Counsell hired Quintin Berry and Jose Javier to be his base coaches for a reason.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Separately, the Health Department hired the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors to audit Perkins.—
Katie Mettler,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2025
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Research suggests that regular cannabis users often have a lower waist circumference and may be less likely to be obese, which could contribute to better glycemic control and overall health.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Someone applying for a Real ID must provide more documentation than an individual applying for a regular driver's license or state ID.—
Remington Miller,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Enlisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enlisted. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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