be contracted
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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
Both can be contracted through blood-to-blood contact with an infected person.
From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025
E. coli, which can be contracted from inadequately treated water supplies, can cause a number of symptoms including diarrhea, stomach cramps and occasionally fever.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024
The 1,000 employees who worked for Inditex in Argentina and Uruguay will be contracted to Regency Group, which already manages Zara's stores in Colombia, Peru, Panama, Ecuador and Paraguay.
From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2023
And the second Person of the Present and Preterperfect Tenses of all Verbs ought to be contracted in like manner; as thou lov'st, for thou lovest, &c.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
