proffer
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He now says his proffer agreement with police, under which he agreed to tell them what he knew but it couldn't be used against him in court, was given under duress, according to Netflix.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Mimi Rocah: Blanche’s “proffer,” as he called it, of Ghislaine Maxwell was not a proffer at all.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
If past is prologue, he will overreach in response to this week’s peace proffer, rejecting what many in his entourage would view as an attractive exit from a strategic miscue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
It’s unlikely that Harris will proffer a public decision in the immediate term, leaving plenty of time for political insiders to game out hypotheticals in the weeks and months to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
“The Holy Father bids us to accept your proffer, Lancelot” The pathos which was growing in the room was broken by the Orkney faction for the second time.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Standing out from the rest of the Crosstrek lineup, the Wilderness grade proffers a more distinct, rugged appearance.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
When the judge asked Miller why he leaked the proffers, Miller defended his actions.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2023
By the film’s end, some lessons will have been learned, though Holofcener proffers them with such disarming skill that you may not be aware you absorbed them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2023
I hear a collaboratively composed mixtape that proffers a chill aesthetic even as it comes across as carefully chiseled in its execution.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
She must only be asking if there are any I want as she proffers the tray like a wheel of good fortune.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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An MP close to Miliband proffered a more straightforward explanation.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Netflix on Tuesday revised the terms of the proffered deal to make it all-cash and to provide WBD shareholders with more certainty about the transaction, the company said in a release.
From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026
Suppliers proffered various expensive goods, including a designer bag worth $2,290, three luxury watches each worth thousands, and numerous prepaid American Express gift cards totaling tens of thousands of dollars, the complaint said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
Her clothes have been lost en route, and she furiously rejected all proffered substitutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Several students meekly raised their hands and proffered the name of Harry Truman.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Surprisingly, this was Ms. Josefowicz’s first Ojai Festival, her debut on the Libbey Bowl stage having come the day before, proffering Mr. Adams’s rollicking “Road Movies” with her frequent musical partner John Novacek on piano.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
But “Tracks II” more than makes up for this omission by proffering such a wide range of previously unreleased music.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2025
Passersby pressed their hands into hers, proffering congratulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
The claim could be seen as a case of China deflecting and engaging in "whataboutism", said Mr Thompson, which is a way of responding to an accusation by proffering a counter-accusation.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023
Before he knew it, Bobby’s winnings from Reykjavik were beginning to diminish, and yet he saw that Rader and Armstrong were flying all over the world, entertaining lavishly, and proffering gifts to world leaders.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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