contract (for)

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  • Armed with subpoenas, the Secret Service and other agencies are intensively focusing on what might have caused the suspect to book a room at the Washington Hilton, less than two miles north of the White House, on the night of the annual dinner.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • He had been booked into the jail in late November on a probation violation warrant.
    Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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“Contract (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contract%20%28for%29. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.

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