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apprenticed

verb

past tense of apprentice

as in employed

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Another study earlier this year also highlighted West Virginia’s Ascend program among the best for remote workers employed with companies outside the state.

— Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
In August 2021, Rodriguez began working for Saavedra, whose company provided private security services for clients and often employed active deputies and other law enforcement officers.

— City News Service, Daily News, 20 July 2026

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However, all three of Embiid, Maxey and Brown recruited James directly, according to McMenamin.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
The challenges are where most of the drama goes down, but the show also recruited none other than Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, to serve as a guest judge for an episode that airs on July 26, 2026.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026

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That need has helped to push the Nats to join the Miami Marlins, who started to employ the tactic in the majors late last season, and the Rockies, who hired the Marlins’ assistant pitching coach this winter.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Presley told the Board of Managers that over the last few months, the district has hired 142 uncertified teachers.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

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Ebola is rare, but highly contagious and can be contracted via bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Captain Ronda Montgomery, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, declined to say which agency has been contracted to investigate Abarca’s allegations.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026

Definition of contracted

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Musk retained more than 80% of the company’s voting power after the offering.

— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The county retained Kelly & Grossman LLP — working alongside McIntyre Schnieders and Justice Law Collaborative LLC — to litigate the case on a contingency-fee basis.

— Reeti Malhotra July 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

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