scheme
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Sanchez denied having any links to the alleged scheme as he attended an EU summit with Balkan leaders in Montenegro on Friday.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
"I would accept not getting the bonus, but the thing that really hurt was the penalty. It's not the golden scheme it was sold as."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
He admitted that he participated in a scheme to submit false campaign-finance reports and artificially inflate the amount he raised.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
You might call it a kind of fairtrade scheme for diamonds.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Because nothing like the full-blooded machinery of a modern political party system existed, Adams conveyed his tentative scheme for a bipartisan initiative informally through letters and conversations sure to be picked up by the press.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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