Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Retire
Retire verb - To go to one's bed in order to sleep.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Dropped a Bridge on Him: Characters will sometimes retire or join a monastery; the game treats them for all purposes as though they'd died.
Source: Video Game / Crusader Kings -
He would also retire, only to join up with The Crew—without Power Armor at his disposal—after his sister was killed by a powerful street gang.
Source: Comicbook / War Machine - In 2015, James Storm asked Mickie James, who had announced her retirement to raise her son, not to retire and to join his stable.
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