contingent
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“After completing a delivery, our drone clipped a thin, overhead internet cable then performed a Safe Contingent Landing, as designed,” the company said in an emailed statement.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
With several dozen employees and a turnover of around £11m, the company is not afforded the same protections as individual consumers, such as the Financial Ombudsman Service or the Contingent Reimbursement Model code.
From BBC • Oct. 21, 2023
The US Contingent will take part in the jamboree program on Saturday before moving to U.S.
From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2023
Contingent and anxious, the show seems more interested in saying the right things than in telling a coherent story.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2022
When the news of British reverses reached the Colony, the patriotic fervour of which the despatch of the first Contingent was a practical proof, was once more fanned into flame.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 by Creswicke, Louis
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