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“Maybe it was just a product of its time, but boy, I will tell you straight up, I would cheerfully have retired on that show,” Brantley says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

He could have retired in 2020, but as he wrote in a Facebook post in 2023, “I’m having too much fun.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Mair added that Miss Jennings "could have retired the year before".

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

U.S. defense companies such as Lockheed Martin often have retired generals on their boards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

“You would have retired me,” Rachael said over her shoulder.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick