free agent
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Kirk Cousins is returning to the Minnesota Vikings more than two years after the team allowed the veteran quarterback to leave as a free agent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
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
They have received a return on their investment greater than any expensive free agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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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