subcontract

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The RSF scored an important victory against the Darfur rebels, did less well in fighting an insurgency in the Nuba Mountains adjacent to South Sudan, and took a subcontract to police the border with Libya.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

In Kousisis, the allegation is that a contractor who partnered with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engaged in fraud by misrepresenting that the contractor would subcontract with minority-owned businesses.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025

Another reason for calm in Wall Street is that its traders subcontract the job of risk assessment to the oil market.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Can their businesses subcontract with the state for goods and services?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

The Government will permit him to make a subcontract, and that is what John W. Dorsey did; that is one of the things he agreed to do.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Ingersoll, Robert Green