scheme
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"The scheme increased footfall for businesses in these sectors over the summer, getting more people through the door and boosting local economies".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
And I’m sure someone has told her not to resurrect Nate Bargatze’s bizarre charity scheme to keep acceptance speeches short.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
The following is a summary of my interactions concerning this investment scheme:
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
But he adds he has told Housing Secretary Angela Rayner that the scheme must come with "additional support".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
He confessed that he participated in Booth’s earlier scheme to kidnap the president, but he denied involvement in, or knowledge of, the assassination plot.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Such confidence schemes are known as “pig butchering” — a particularly rancid term for a rancid business.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
According to White, working families on low incomes not only struggle to pay their bills, but miss out on schemes such as free school meals and subsidised holiday clubs.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Its stores are decorated with cream and beige color schemes, tiled floors, archways, wood fixtures and soft lighting, making them feel like expensive boutiques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Just when you think you know all the cyber schemes, fraudsters find new ways to attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Simple, Carter. Like all great schemes and plans, it has the beauty of simplicity.”
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
He schemed to get an imported copy seized by customs to trigger a court case over its content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Afforded extra space by his manager's decision to play Jack Grealish alongside him in a central position, De Bruyne schemed in the way he usually does.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
City-states, hoping to win civic glory, sometimes schemed to bribe top athletes to falsely claim that city as their own.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
Prosecutors allege that De Oliveira schemed with Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta, to conceal the footage from investigators.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Born in 625, B’ajlaj Chan K’awiil schemed for power from his base in Dos Pilas, setting off a civil war between forces loyal to him and those loyal to Nuun Ujol Chaak.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
What are rising mortgage rates and utility bills when you’ve been neutralized by some bioweapon engineered by a collective of scheming AI agents, recursively self-improving their way to planetary domination?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“They bring a bit of everything, and Coach Patterson does a great job of scheming up the defense,” Paige said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It could be argued Tielemans' arrival addresses an issue Manchester United have had since Carrick quit in 2018; the scheming midfielder with an eye for a pass, who can break a defensive line.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Scenes flesh out a lineup of predatory city characters, from an obsessive building superintendent to a scheming nightclub impresario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Terrance took a more active hand, ever scheming for ways to increase the loads sent to New Orleans.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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