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counteroffers

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plural of counteroffer

as in proposals

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Proposition 41, which is pitched as a government transparency measure requiring auditor approval for new tax proposals but would nullify the billionaire tax, carried 51% of voters in the poll, against 44% no and 5% undecided.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
That’s why the proposals floated by industry depend upon mutual collaboration and, to an extent, government regulation.

— Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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In Trafford’s case, Newcastle spent two years pursuing the England international goalkeeper and saw offers rejected, then accepted, before Trafford opted to rejoin Manchester City from Burnley last July and, even then, their admiration endured.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Green still has an agent (Topher Grace), but her reputation precedes her and thus precludes offers.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026

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Tottenham’s Lucas Bergvall and Archie Gray, Stuttgart’s Angelo Stiller, Brighton’s Carlos Belaba, Botafogo’s Danilo and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Larsson were among them, while overtures were made regarding Victor Froholdt’s availability at Porto.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The United States had been looking for an interlocutor with Cuba and made overtures with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, grandson of former Cuban president Raúl Castro, according to an exclusive USA TODAY interview in July.

— Rick Jervis, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

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Zidar and Zwick have some suggestions for how to change this.

— John Lanchester, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Many suggestions have circulated about who could be the next 007 agent in the James Bond film franchise, and Pierce Brosnan has a new take on where the studio could go.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of suggestions

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Nearly 80% of likely voters say 14 statewide propositions and dense wording make the ballot overwhelming, shortly before mail-in voting begins for more than 23 million Californians.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The 14 propositions are too many for voters, 77% of them told PPIC.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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