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In early trading, the benchmark Dutch TTF contract is up 3.3% to 101.10 euros a megawatt-hour, on track for a weekly gain of nearly 8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The union signed a coastwide longshore contract in 2023 that secured a 32% pay increase over six years and a one-time “hero bonus” for dockworkers who worked through the Covid-19 pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But in need of a boost to his finances, Stewart signed a six-year contract, firmly believing the show wouldn't last and he'd be back on the boards before long.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

A spokesman said the extension would run through Wednesday, giving the two sides more time to reach a new contract deal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Poppet blows on the ink to dry it before she returns the contract to the briefcase.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Norwegian car carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen secured two contracts worth more than $1 billion with a major equipment manufacturer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Foreign firms awarded large defence contracts will need to invest an equal value back into the UK to create "bang for the British buck", Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has announced.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Both main contracts jumped more than two percent, with Brent heading towards $120 a barrel for the first time since April.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some experts say the temporary void left by Flock presents an opportunity for vendors to get a foot in the door in securing long-term contracts with cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

So they were overwhelmingly solo practitioners, handling wills and divorces and contracts and minor disputes, and in the Depression the work of the solo practitioner all but disappeared.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

The companies contracted to do the review process receive payments when they reduce costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The only case so far confirmed in Nigeria, a 42-year-old Swiss woman who contracted the virus following a trip to Uganda with her husband, was evacuated back to a hospital in Geneva on Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Facilities investment, including spending on chip-making equipment and other machinery, increased sharply from the previous quarter, while private consumption contracted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In May 2023, Chowdhury was contracted to work 183 hours a week, more than the number of hours in seven days.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Lord Godalming’s brows contracted, and he stood up and walked about the room.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

The French economy had already stagnated in the second quarter after contracting by 0.2 percent in the first.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Einstein originally believed the universe was static, neither expanding nor contracting.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

World Airports awarded designing, building and operating authority to a private contracting consortium called LINXS, for LAX Integrated Express Solution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jones said contracting Campylobacter from polluted water was "pretty nasty".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

As she passed the car she felt the warmth of its radiator, as intimate as body heat, and heard the click of contracting metal.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan