contractor
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On Tuesday, though, ProPublica published a much-discussed investigation into the Collins team’s relationship with Martin Kao, the former CEO of a Hawaiian defense contractor.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
It also operates as a contractor on both public and private-sector projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
The papers also claimed that Seaver used his experience as a military contractor to intimidate employees.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Once you have recommendations, hire a qualified contractor with a current state license and insurance and an arborist certified by the International Society of Arboriculture on staff, she advised.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
When she told me the ridiculous price the contractor had quoted her for replacing it, I went online to find a tutorial on how to lay tile.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
In the first years of its annual reports, LA28 reported its $1-million-and-up contractors by name and the value of their deals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Defense contractors are spending billions to build factories and increase production to stock America’s nearly bare cupboard of highly engineered missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Balmer said councils and waste management contractors were under an obligation to collect the rubbish.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The money had come from Navatek’s account, not Kao’s, violating a ban on government contractors making donations.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
After the bicycle, my mom hired contractors she knew through the real-estate business to build her a separate house in the backyard, like a little servants’ quarters, and she moved in there with Isaac.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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