contracting

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A charity has called for a wider rollout of meningitis vaccines after a teenage boy in Oxfordshire died after contracting the disease.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"Farmers are rendered mere labourers of the contracting companies and a number of them become trapped in debt," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The recent underperformance stems from investments KKR made in companies including Cubic, a software maker, and Peraton, a technology, intelligence and cybersecurity firm contracting with the U.S. government.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

That said, the people who are most at risk of contracting hantaviruses tend to work or live in remote regions — including soldiers, farmers or those employed by mines or oil fields.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

In its death throes, the Sun will slowly pulsate, expanding and contracting once every few millennia, eventually spewing its atmosphere into space in one or more concentric shells of gas.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan