proffer
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He now says his proffer agreement with police, under which he agreed to tell them what he knew but it couldn't be used against him in court, was given under duress, according to Netflix.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
In the proffer, Blanche essentially asked her, and I’m paraphrasing, Why don’t you explain that to me?
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
His unpredictable artistic journey continues — just don’t expect Linklater to proffer grandiose explanations for how it’s been sustained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
Mostly, though, no one speaks to me or even looks at me except to proffer an application form.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Standing out from the rest of the Crosstrek lineup, the Wilderness grade proffers a more distinct, rugged appearance.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
But van Mulukon proffers another wrinkle to the mix of set, setting and neurology: culture.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
By the film’s end, some lessons will have been learned, though Holofcener proffers them with such disarming skill that you may not be aware you absorbed them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
I hear a collaboratively composed mixtape that proffers a chill aesthetic even as it comes across as carefully chiseled in its execution.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
She goes round and proffers each of us her hand.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
They wrote that the government’s “sole proffered evidence” of Allen’s intent to kill Trump — the “Apology and Explanation” letter — was “far from clear” and never actually mentioned Trump by name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
An MP close to Miliband proffered a more straightforward explanation.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Although China has never offered a straightforward explanation for why it stopped sending the aircraft—and why it resumed again—Taiwanese officials and outside analysts in Taipei and Washington have proffered various theories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
He proffered his hand to Bull and with a sincere but uncertain smile he said, “I’ve no quarrel with the Marine Corps. No sir. I’ve always admired and respected the Marine Corps.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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He further compared himself to death-defiers of yore like Gilgamesh, Asclepius, and Jesus, while proffering a scientific assessment of why “being mean is bad for your health.”
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Surprisingly, this was Ms. Josefowicz’s first Ojai Festival, her debut on the Libbey Bowl stage having come the day before, proffering Mr. Adams’s rollicking “Road Movies” with her frequent musical partner John Novacek on piano.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
But “Tracks II” more than makes up for this omission by proffering such a wide range of previously unreleased music.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025
Passersby pressed their hands into hers, proffering congratulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
No husbands involved, Janis had said, proffering the idea as though it were an hors d’oeuvre.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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