contractor
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Canada’s MDA has a $1.1 billion contract with Globalstar as its prime contractor on the low Earth orbit constellation, which Globalstar operates and Apple uses for its own satellite connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
He suggested the contractor on the job “is probably one of the richest men in the country right now.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“LADOT has now received all verified legal documents and submitted them to our citation processing contractor to initiate the waiver process for the citation per the court order.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the contractor – named locally as Majdi Aslan, 54 – was killed in a "security incident" and that two staff were present but not injured.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Almost apologetically he explained: It was something I probably wouldn’t be interested in, but a friend of his, a contractor, needed someone for the summer to do menial jobs.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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