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
The highly contagious virus is found in the stool and blood of infected people, and can be contracted by unknowingly ingesting contaminated food and drink.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025
The couple claimed to have renounced their citizenship and did not consider themselves to be "contracted" to the state - in other words, they had withdrawn from society.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
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
Local debt on the other hand can only be contracted under the sanction of the appropriate administrative organ of the state.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
