contract
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However, he would become ineligible for England once he begins playing overseas and would lose the central contract, worth about £150,000 a year, that currently tops up his club wages.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation is a contract and, as such, trumps a conflicting provision in the will.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Morgan Stanley in 2023 estimated YouTube could lose nearly $9 billion over the seven-year contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Turner entered a contract year coming off a 2025 performance that featured seven sacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
We had extra room when we took the two boats out side by side, and he was soon to lose a worker because Abu’s contract was drawing to an end.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Officials warn in the documents that the center "could be unable to make payroll or pay routine maintenance contracts" within weeks, the Post reported.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Scrum-half Archie McParland and prop Emmanuel Iyogun are also priorities to tie down to new contracts.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
They also highlighted $30 billion plus in new AI contracts and steady operating margins due to cost discipline.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate’s front-month contracts edged lower on reports of plans for diplomatic talks between Gulf states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Harry Strickland had always been a genial man, better at hammering out contracts than at hammering on foes.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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However, Tuesday's data also showed fixed-asset investment contracted 7.2 percent year-on-year in August, which was more than expected.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
"We never saw the finished product, and they couldn't get the actors to come back again because they were contracted on other series or other shows, and that's why it never got finished."
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The conservancy announced last year that it would use contracted hunters to shoot the invasive deer as part of an ecosystem restoration plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
In late August, QatarEnergy—the state-owned petroleum company of Qatar—extended force majeure on contracted supplies for some buyers into early November.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
As he breathed, his nostrils expanded and contracted and his nose glistened, cold and wet in the warm, sunshiny September afternoon.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Lancaster County Coroner Stephen Diamantoni said the underlying condition made the infant especially vulnerable to severe illness after contracting measles.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Employers in the country cut a net 41,700 jobs in August, though with the participation rate dipping slightly and the labor force contracting, the unemployment rate remained at 6.4%, Statistics Canada said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When making a large purchase or contracting for a service, you might feel shy about asking the seller to lower their price, but it is a good habit to get into.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Karp reserved his sharpest language for what he described as sovereignty in name only: contracting non-US firms to deploy American or Chinese closed models.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
This additional heat also increases the pressure of the gas until it is sufficient to balance the gravitational attraction, and the gas stops contracting.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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