free agent
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In the wild west of modern-day college football, a de facto professional league in which every player is a free agent, one school has been the only constant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Any decision to appoint Howe would trigger a multi-million-pound compensation claim from his former club Newcastle, while Nagelsmann is a free agent.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Yes, let them try to scrub the memory of Leonard, the intensely skilled and private player who demanded so much of the Clippers when he signed with them as a free agent in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Hill, a free agent who last played when he suffered a knee injury Sept. 29, 2025, could face discipline under the NFL personal conduct policy should he sign with a team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
In Mendel’s experiments, every gene had behaved like an independent entity—a free agent.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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