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The Italian lender made a $35 billion cash-and-share offer for MPS shortly after competitor Banco BPM said it was itself mooting a merger with the smaller bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The administration’s brief said “the mooting of the underlying case would also moot petitioners’ attempt to intervene.”

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Mr Johnson's government has previously raised the prospect of relocation before, first mooting the move in January 2020.

From BBC • May 16, 2022

If it declines, the documents would be released, effectively mooting the case in a victory for the House.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2021

It was the time of the first mooting of the question of the Jews being admitted to stand for Parliament and having seats in the House, and party spirit ran extremely high upon the subject.

From Records of a Girlhood by Kemble, Fanny