By degrees we appeared to contract our search within narrower and easier limits.

Of the 11 cases contracted within the United States, eight came from bat-transmitted strains of the disease.

Therefore, beginning in the late 4th century, the empire often contracted whole bands of barbarians either within the legions or as autonomous foederati.

After 2005, the company contracted their locations to exclusively within the Chicago metropolitan area.

The resolution to this was to contract the workload within Western Europe, using the skilled civilian technicians of various airlines' workforce.

Many mothers who contract rubella within the first critical trimester either have a miscarriage or a still born baby.

Prince Yoshihito contracted cerebral meningitis within three weeks of his birth, leaving him in poor health.

Uranium miners who smoke, for example, can contract lung cancer within 8 to 10 years, four times faster than smokers in other jobs.

Thus, the muscle merely remains contracted for longer than normal (myotonia) but will relax and be able to contract again within a short period.

But the findings were limited to those who contracted the disease within 10 years of their service in Vietnam.