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Although China has never offered a straightforward explanation for why it stopped sending the aircraft—and why it resumed again—Taiwanese officials and outside analysts in Taipei and Washington have proffered various theories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

“Defendants could shred paper for many legitimate reasons, and Plaintiffs have proffered nothing to suggest more nefarious intentions,” Kacsmaryk wrote in a four page order.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024

Others, however, have proffered evidence suggesting she had at least an inkling that the money was running out.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2021

Justice Sonia Sotomayor asks what Badalamenti would have proffered as a defense had his client, Yates, been charged under another provision of the statute that requires that the wanton fish destruction be done “corruptly.”

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2014

He would not have proffered it himself for worlds.

From The Adventures of Bobby Orde by Brehm, Worth