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retiree

[ri-tahy-ree, -tahyuhr-ee] / rɪ taɪˈri, -ˈtaɪər i /


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While the group phase was reaching its dramatic culmination in North America, retiree Stefania Tentarelli went to her cobblestone local piazza to watch fellow pensioners play an 18th-century Neapolitan card game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

Texan retiree Ken Haddad, in Rome with his teenage daughter, was trying to cope without a hat or a parasol.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

"It's difficult to live" alone and without air conditioning, said Martine Belloc, a 62-year-old retiree in Bordeaux, who on Tuesday went to La ManuCo, a coworking site that mobilised to welcome elderly people.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Payroll taxes stopped being enough to cover the retiree and disability programs’ expenses 16 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Colin watched in a lock-jawed silence as Hassan furiously stabbed at his breakfast, and later as Hassan slammed the mini-recorder down on the coffee table of some factory retiree who was old-but-not-old-enough-for-the-nursing home.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green




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