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The government of Alberta and Keystone XL’s original proponent, TransCanada, now known as TC Energy, abandoned the expansion plans a few months after Biden revoked the permit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“However, as a proponent of innovation and recognizing that the industry at large has fallen behind the times in so many respects, I applaud the innovation of Churchill Downs Inc. and NYRA.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

He was a strong proponent of US support for Ukraine.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

Salazar, who led Oregon’s state housing agency during the COVID-19 pandemic and later worked as a regional director for HUD, is a longtime proponent of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

In the 1970s, the famed Tyrolean alpinist Reinhold Messner emerged as the leading proponent of gasless climbing, declaring that he would ascend Everest “by fair means” or not at all.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The downturn has been rough for even some of the space industry’s biggest proponents.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

And they’ve gotten smarter than the used-gum, spit-cup abstinence proponents of my youth.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

Inverter systems can cost thousands of dollars -- not dissimilar to petrol generators depending on the size -- but proponents say running costs are lower in the long run.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

All the various formats have their proponents and the conversations about them have been entertaining and informative, but no matter the film or screen size, it’s a very good movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Even Darwin, among the strongest original proponents of the fundamental mutability of nature, would have found this rate of mutation surprising.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee