contracted
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France’s economy contracted 0.1% in the first quarter as consumer spending slipped, separate data showed Friday, a downward revision from the zero growth previously reported.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Utilities with large, contracted data center customer bases in high-growth corridors are being repriced from regulated infrastructure to strategic AI assets.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Among them was Amanda Zurawski, a Texas woman who contracted sepsis and lost a fallopian tube in 2021 after doctors refused to induce her at 18 weeks pregnant in circumstances much like Waldorf’s.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
They are believed to have contracted Ebola on 27 March while working in the eastern region of Ituri on a project unrelated to the virus, before the outbreak was identified.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Six clerks of the Treasury Department also contracted the disease, leaving just one, Joshua Dawson, at his post.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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