1.   As with truffles, however, morels have until now resisted Joining the ranks of domesticated fungi.

2.   Both received top scores on their university examinations and joined the ranks of scholars.

3.   George joined the ranks of the executive high-flyers, those with university degrees, I joined in a much humbler capacity.

4.   Now Miller Brewing is joining the ranks of the more the merrier.

5.   She had not sunk so low as to join the ranks of that sisterhood!

6.   That summer I left school and joined the ranks of the unemployed.

7.   They accuse the authorities of intimidating others to stop them joining their ranks.

8.   They joined the ranks of the jobless.

9.   Having witnessed so much domestic disharmony while growing up, he was in no rush to join the ranks of the married.