retiring
Example Sentences
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Six years and one knee replacement after retiring, Vonn is back on the Olympic stage.
From Los Angeles Times
The Butcher — we call him that because that was his profession before retiring after surviving Stage 4 colon cancer 15 years ago — had the best words of comfort.
From Los Angeles Times
The agency also noted that people were retiring later in Germany, which has a population of almost 84 million, as the statutory retirement age rises gradually to 67 by 2029.
From Barron's
She was just 20 and was retiring at an age when many of her friends were still in school.
From Los Angeles Times
Tiffany Chin would go on to win a national championship, two Skate America titles and just miss a medal in the 1984 Winter Games, retiring before she was old enough to legally drink.
From Los Angeles Times
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