retiring
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Glasnow settled in for the third and fourth innings, retiring six straight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
After retiring from the Metropolitan Police, Sutton wrote a book about the case, which was later turned into an ITV drama.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He succeeds Erin Brewer, who is retiring from the ride-hailing platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Take, for example, two people retiring from the same employer on the same day.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
I doubted he was capable of choosing one over the other, even though he talked about retiring one day in Cange so he could be just a “country doctor.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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