free agent
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Eriksen, who has not played since June, joined Wolfsburg as a free agent a year ago after leaving Manchester United and made 34 appearances for the club.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
In 2022 free agent NFL wide receiver Tyreek Hill joined the Miami Dolphins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Benzema, now 38 and a free agent, has scored 523 goals in 994 appearances for France, Lyon, Real Madrid and Saudi Arabian sides Al-Ittihad and Al-Hilal.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
