contract for
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Union members have been working without a contract for a year and Kurt Petersen, the union’s co-president, said workers would have picketed the stadium ahead of Friday’s tournament opener between the U.S. and Paraguay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The Bursa Malaysia Derivatives contract for August delivery falls 75 ringgit to 4,602 ringgit a ton.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
It was a no-bid contract for this job, given to a company that had not done anything like this before.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
The contract for the project was awarded to a construction firm at a cost of £555,576, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The man was credible enough—his company held the contract for inspecting all the steel used in the fair’s structures—but the thing he proposed to build just did not seem feasible.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
