Expect the couple to find another mansion in a safe Democratic district where an aging representative is expected to retire.
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And when asked whether he worries about Studio Ghibli after he and Takahata retire, Miyazaki is frank.
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As Raimondo tells it, most public sector workers in the state were able to retire at age 55 with 80 percent of their pay.
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But “he was so shocked by the disorganization and lack of seriousness that he submitted his papers to retire.”
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Akhtar will take over from Zaheer-ul-Islam, who is set to retire on Oct. 1.
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At a quarter past the hour she felt so poorly as to be compelled to retire to her room.
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But when quite near they saw that it was a Dutch ship, and consequently began to retire in all haste.
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In that case, he, Nubar, would at once resign his position and retire into private life.
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In 1779 ill health compelled him to retire from the public arena for a year when he again resumed his legislative duties.
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I retire from the field, conscious that there remains behind not only a large harvest, but labourers capable of gathering it in.
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British Dictionary definitions for retire
retire
/ (rɪˈtaɪə) /
verb(mainly intr)
(also tr)to give up or to cause (a person) to give up his work, a post, etc, esp on reaching pensionable age (in Britain and Australia usually 65 for men, 60 for women)
to go away, as into seclusion, for recuperation, etc
to go to bed
to recede or disappearthe sun retired behind the clouds
to withdraw from a sporting contest, esp because of injury
(also tr)to pull back (troops, etc) from battle or an exposed position or (of troops, etc) to fall back
(tr)
to remove (bills, bonds, shares, etc) from circulation by taking them up and paying for them
to remove (money) from circulation
Derived forms of retire
retirer, noun
Word Origin for retire
C16: from French retirer, from Old French re- + tirer to pull, draw
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