proposing

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He also infuriated colleagues in the coalition government, the British press reported, proposing a stream of unconventional ideas: scrapping maternity leave, abolishing job centers, even buying cloud-bursting technology so Britain would have more sunshine.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

APS is proposing a 45% electricity-rate increase for “extra-large energy users,” primarily data centers, and a roughly 14.5% increase for residential customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Magyar's party has moved to cut off any route back to power by proposing a constitutional amendment limiting any prime minister to eight years in power.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The second thing is that an adviser was proposing a Roth conversion to you at all.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

First, it confirmed his growing concern that the architects were losing sight of the nature of the thing they were proposing to build.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson