scheme
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Their small-time scheme ultimately disrupts the means of production worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
This is still small in the grand scheme of things; the company is expected to generate roughly $46 billion in revenue in 2027.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
In the end, four of the nonprofit’s top leaders, including Bannon, were arrested on fraud and other charges connected to the fundraising scheme.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
In the scheme of things, it is a drop in the ocean.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Historian Elizabeth Dowling Taylor states, “Paul Jennings was one of the local African-American leaders who organized this scheme with Northern abolitionists.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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