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
Conte, who played for Juventus and Italy in a stellar career, is a free agent after leaving Napoli at the end of last season.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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
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
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