propose
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The growing popularity of e-bikes prompted a Los Angeles City Council panel in April to propose banning e-bikes from local trails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The French company intends to propose an exceptional preclosing distribution of 11 euros a share, the companies said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Across the 27-nation EU, the European Commission plans to propose measures later this year for a total ban for under-13s and progressive access for those aged 13 to 18.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The researchers also propose that heavy noble gases in lunar soil could act as "fossil records" of earlier interactions between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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To fund the 5½-year gap until Social Security, the adviser proposes not having a fixed withdrawal strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
This idea proposes that the evolution of larger human brains occurred alongside changes that made the human skeleton less robust and more physically feminine compared with those of earlier ancestors.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
It’s not a level playing field, which is why our white paper proposes enhanced revenue opportunities for the other conferences, by creating the ability to pool media rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Then she meets a wealthy charmer, played by Neill, and he proposes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Friday’s is at the upper end of places he proposes.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Researchers now plan to test the proposed process more directly through dedicated aircraft campaigns.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Like Diarra and Chris’ relationship status, the case of Paramount’s proposed marriage to Warner Bros. is complicated.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Fifa said Thrive Eternal was expected to lead the proposed investor group for FFE, had it been approved.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
In court documents Friday, Bonta and his coalition of 11 other Democratic attorneys general proposed a two- to three- week trial beginning April 5, 2027.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Knowing this, even William, wildly in love, had spent a long time “wrestling with myself, and with my upbringing, and with my past and with the future” before he proposed.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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As the threat of artificial intelligence continues to creep into the music industry, major record labels are proposing new guidelines for how music generated by artificial intelligence should be treated on the charts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
First, funding agencies will require researchers to make clear they won’t be proposing any life-sciences experiments that the policy deems too risky to conduct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Instead of proposing Waddingham as a Bond co-star, she’s the expertly skilled agent flanked by a best friend with an equally formidable intellect – the Moneypenny to her 007.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
The firm is proposing closing its facility at Cantley in the Norfolk Broads to "improve efficiency and support the long-term future" of the UK sugar industry.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“A fascinating topic indeed. We meet the second Wednesday of every month. I shall send a letter proposing some dates.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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