free agent
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In 2022 free agent NFL wide receiver Tyreek Hill joined the Miami Dolphins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Widely regarded as one of the best right-backs of his generation, Carvajal has been a free agent since his contract with Real Madrid ended in June.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
He has reportedly been training at the Spanish Football Federation's facilities over the summer with compatriot and fellow free agent Joselu.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
But when the Clippers landed Leonard as a free agent, beating out rivals such as the Los Angeles Lakers, it signalled a new era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
There’s no intermediate point in the process in which you confront the potential employer as a free agent, entitled to cut her own deal.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
