be contracted
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The virus is spread through blood or other body fluids and can be contracted through something as innocuous as sharing a nail clipper or toothbrush, doctors say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
The couple claimed to have renounced their citizenship and did not consider themselves to be "contracted" to the state - in other words, they had withdrawn from society.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
E. coli, which can be contracted from inadequately treated water supplies, can cause a number of symptoms including diarrhea, stomach cramps and occasionally fever.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024
The 1,000 employees who worked for Inditex in Argentina and Uruguay will be contracted to Regency Group, which already manages Zara's stores in Colombia, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Paraguay.
From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2023
The marshal of Saxony wished, in the interest of the recruiting of the army, that marriages should be contracted only for a term of five years.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm
