contractors
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This year SpaceX has secured billions of dollars’ worth of government business to build and launch military satellites, even after lawmakers made an extra push to give other contractors a shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
On July 9, the contractors sued the city for allegedly refusing to settle a construction dispute as a plot to subject the contractors to severe financial penalties from their lenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
There are few lasting consequences for contractors who fail to deliver, the experts said.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
By contrast, logistics is pretty mundane; the big contractors don’t pine for contracts to build oiler ships, cranes, or commissaries.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Henceforth, Burnham ordered, all carpentry work was to be done only by men employed by the fair’s contractors.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
