contracting
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They include Milly Main, who died at the age of 10 after contracting the stenotrophomonas bacteria while undergoing treatment for leukaemia.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some black holes may have originated during the earlier contracting phase and then passed through the bounce.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The report from a pest control company said it could put people and animals with open wounds at risk of contracting disease.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
That phrase appears in a contracting document for Acentra Health that was first reported on by independent journalists through the newsletter Popular Information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
This would lead to all sorts of science-fiction-like possibilities for people who survived from the expanding to the contracting phase.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
