subcontract

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The RSF scored an important victory against the Darfur rebels, did less well in fighting an insurgency in the Nuba Mountains adjacent to South Sudan, and took a subcontract to police the border with Libya.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

In Kousisis, the allegation is that a contractor who partnered with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engaged in fraud by misrepresenting that the contractor would subcontract with minority-owned businesses.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025

Another reason for calm in Wall Street is that its traders subcontract the job of risk assessment to the oil market.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Many retailers can only trace their manufacturing back to their most immediate suppliers, and it's not uncommon for partners in Asia to subcontract work out to prisons or factories.

From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2023

Of course, you want that made over again; of course, you would not make that kind of a subcontract.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green