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Farewells are not just for goodbyes but for new beginnings, a fresh start for a new generation led by dancers like Chan, Furlan, Woodward and so many more.

From New York Times • May 31, 2022

Farewells to Long Island were declared after the team lost its next game, in Washington, to end an era — or so fans and players surmised.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019

Farewells are rarely more fitting but was it really the 34-year-old's last goodbye?

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2012

Farewells were shouted, hands were wrung, a few tears shed�all the atmosphere of an official and precipitate evacuation surrounded the departure of So U. S. trade commissioners and commercial attaches and their families.

From Time Magazine Archive

Befores and afters, dos and don’ts, Farewells and hellos and good-byes.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner