free agent
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After initially signing with the Angels organization as a teenage international free agent in 2013, Yan eventually spent several years out of affiliated baseball, playing for semipro and amateur teams while also working odd jobs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The 34-year-old Egypt forward left Liverpool at the end of last season and is in talks to join as a free agent.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It doesn’t matter that the Dodgers are technically only renting Skubal for the stretch run, that he’s a free agent at season’s end who will warrant a record-setting contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He could be a free agent this winter and may cost $400 million to retain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
The telegrams also said that William was still on Riverbank’s salary roll, implying that he was not a free agent.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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