retiring
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They still plan on retiring in Italy, citizenship or no citizenship.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Cut from the Olympic team five years earlier, he went on to play 110 games for the national team, retiring as the second-most-capped player in history.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
After retiring from soccer he became a successful journalist, even writing a biography of U2.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
"I've known so many of them since they were born, and now some of them are retiring as well," she said.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Malcolm X also admired The Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, in his Congressman political role: “I’d think about retiring if the black man had ten like him in Washington. ”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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