contractor
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He told employees in a February memo that the contractor wanted to hire 8,000 workers by the year’s end in Connecticut and another plant in Quonset Point, R.I.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
A coworker urged her to not speak out again, she said, but she ended up losing her job after the contractor stopped calling her.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
In other words, a federal contract doesn’t have to expressly specify that a contractor perform an action for it to be covered by the removal statute.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A Durham Police officer told the coroner the force was contacted on 29 July 2024 after a contractor working on the building found a "small skeleton of a baby under the floorboards".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The contractor, Francis Agnew, acknowledged the wall had been inadequately braced but blamed this condition on Burnham for pushing the men to build too quickly.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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