retired

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Terry Grimm, who worked in IT for 40 years, retired from his senior software consultant role at 65 last May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Ford retired in 2010, and he died in 2013, two years after Cynthia’s case was assigned to the cold-case archives.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Former US military official William Fallon - a retired US Navy admiral - told the BBC that "time of day" probably worked in the rescue mission's favour.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

In the eighth, Drew Pomeranz gave up a one-out walk to Cal Raleigh and a single to Rodriguez but retired Naylor and Arozarena on a fly ball and a groundball, respectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Millers, who was the other nurse, retired into the house, and by degrees the child’s wailing was hushed and stopped, as if it were a young ventriloquist with something in its mouth.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens