propose marriage
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The 23-year-old pharmaceutical technology student initially thought the screams meant someone was about to propose marriage.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some derive from history, as when he relates the lengthy process by which Charles Darwin decided whether or not to propose marriage to Emma Wedgwood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
This was the moment Anastasiia chose to propose marriage to Yurii.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Dear Miss Manners: I came of age in the early 1980s, and I have never heard of anyone in my generation, or the previous one, asking a lady’s father for permission to propose marriage.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
Molly’s meals were known, on occasion, to propose marriage to her in the brief interval between when she set eyes on them and when she took a first bite.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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