retired

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The average Social Security check for retired workers was $2,081 as of April, according to the Social Security Administration.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

“I want ammunition, too, but I wouldn’t come in and pick your pocket for it,” fumed local resident Lesa Butner, 61, a retired police officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

One of them, a 69-year-old retired pharmaceutical microbiologist from Maryland named Robert Gerber, told me he once sold Florsheims at a suburban mall while attending college at Drexel University.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Chris Taylor, who retired this week, had a remarkable career with the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Millers, who was the other nurse, retired into the house, and by degrees the child’s wailing was hushed and stopped, as if it were a young ventriloquist with something in its mouth.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens