as in proposed
to set before the mind for consideration
let us propound the question whether mercy killing should ever be an option
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Could proposed property tax cuts impact shops and other businesses?—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026 -
That debate is now heating up in Kentucky, where state lawmakers just voted to override new wakeboat regulations that state wildlife officials had proposed in December.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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The architect Norman Foster suggested a glass roof and a glass spire, while the landscape artist and architect Clément Willemin recommended adding a roof garden with wildflowers.—
David A. Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Some fans have already suggested an adaptation of Luigi's Mansion.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
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Beckham climbed over a short barrier and spent a couple of minutes with fans who leaned down from the stands as the man who started all this 12 years ago signed autographs and posed for selfies.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Almost no European ally believes the president’s assertion, the lynchpin of his justification for starting the war, that Iranian nuclear ambitions posed an imminent threat to either Israel or the West.—
Max Hastings,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Propounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/propounded. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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