retire
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I want to believe that bond stays as strong as it is now 'til I do retire in my career at Formula 1.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
An estimated 10,000 baby boomers retire every day, according to the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Diablo Canyon doesn’t look like a nuclear power plant that’s getting ready to retire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
You’ll never fully be done planning, even after you retire — especially after you retire.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
She had not been sorry to retire when she did.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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The naming of tropical storms and hurricanes is a job for the World Meteorological Organization, which rotates them out every six years and retires them after a given storm causes too much destruction.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Many planning-software programs automatically set a single end age or ask advisers to enter one upfront, often built from a rule of thumb, such as 25 to 30 years after a 65-year-old retires.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nysos retires after eight wins and two seconds in 10 lifetime races, with earnings of nearly $5.3 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Subscribers receive rewards like virtual currency and accessories, while CleanPlay retires renewable-energy certificates in their names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Their conversation is like a gently wicked dance: sound meets sound, curtsies, shimmies, and retires.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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Britain's Arthur Fery has reached his first ATP Tour final after opponent James Duckworth retired because of injury at the Winston-Salem Open.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The elder Gao was retired; he asked his wife—Emma’s mother—for permission to use around $45,000 of their savings to start making wine in their home region of Ningxia, in northern China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Whether you’re retired already or are planning to retire one day, if you’re doing everything right, you almost certainly own bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
He retired the side in order in the third with roughly the same plan of attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
A retired police chief in New Haven, Connecticut, told The New York Times, “I was offered tanks, bazookas, anything I wanted.”
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The figure for those retiring this decade, they report, is about 133%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
That investment would allow Qantas to start retiring its double-decker A380 fleet from 2028, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
On Thursday, it said it would start retiring its aging A380 craft in the 2028 calendar year, four years earlier than previously planned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
At his peak, he could intimidate established incumbents into retiring.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
I’m afraid my equipment conversations nearly always ended up like that somehow, with the talker retiring with hurt feelings and a piece of formerly prized equipment cradled to his chest.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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