be contracted
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More than 80 percent of programs contained information that was either seriously misleading or straight-up wrong, including that HIV can be contracted by sweat and tears and that condoms are ineffective.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
The virus is spread through blood or other body fluids and can be contracted through something as innocuous as sharing a nail clipper or toothbrush, doctors say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
The company’s team and studio space can be contracted by other online content creators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
The couple claimed to have renounced their citizenship and did not consider themselves to be "contracted" to the state - in other words, they had withdrawn from society.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2024
Marriage, Impediments, Recording.—Legal marriage may be contracted only between unmarried persons not related within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity or affinity, of lawful age and sufficient mental and physical capacity.
From The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law by Charles M. Scanlan
