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  • Jim volunteered me to the cause, and I stepped up by not volunteering to unvolunteer me.

    You Know Where to Find Me Rachel Cohn 2008

  • Jim volunteered me to the cause, and I stepped up by not volunteering to unvolunteer me.

    You Know Where to Find Me Rachel Cohn 2008

  • He had not been drafted but had volunteered for the fighting, and all he did by way of crime was unvolunteer and walk home.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • He had not been drafted but had volunteered for the fighting, and all he did by way of crime was unvolunteer and walk home.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

  • By these, he was said to be arrogant, blunt in manners, opinionated, and also a military martinet with terribly unvolunteer ideas relating to the rigid discipline required for success in war.

    Ahead of the Army William Osborn Stoddard 1880

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