How to set proxy for wget?

For all users of the system via the /etc/wgetrc or for the user only with the ~/.wgetrc file:

use_proxy=yes
http_proxy=127.0.0.1:8080
https_proxy=127.0.0.1:8080

or via -e options placed after the URL:

wget ... -e use_proxy=yes -e http_proxy=127.0.0.1:8080 ...

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