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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

But despite their deepest desires to fundamentally reshape the economic system that has powered MLB for the past half-century, those same owners have consistently stopped short of actually proposing a cap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

One question for Plaid is whether other parties will stay in their particular lanes or whether they might be tempted to move behind what it ends up proposing.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

But she had no idea that he was thinking about proposing to her.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman