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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Graham said the scheme tackled the class barrier facing writers and helped them avoid "giving up completely".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“The scheme under investigation revolved around contracts worth approximately 2.45 billion pesos with the agency responsible for federal prisons, funds earmarked for the security of the country’s prison system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Additional cuts could now be brought forward because of strong interest in the latest redundancy scheme, Nedeljkovic said Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Super Micro also recently completed an investigation into an alleged scheme to smuggle Nvidia chips into China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

For Pete’s sake, Miss Myrt hadn’t cooled before they’d cooked up a scheme.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

The Philippines foreign ministry earlier said Lazaro had spent Wednesday in the eastern state of Shan, overseeing humanitarian schemes aiding those displaced in the civil war triggered by the coup.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

In May 2025, a grand jury indicted Owens on one count of fraudulent schemes, one count of forgery, four counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence in Echard’s case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

That distinction becomes especially important in the CD-35 2722 system, where the possible moon is itself massive enough to be considered a planet under some classification schemes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

It also advises contacting your energy supplier, which may be able to agree an affordable repayment plan or discuss support schemes.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Most more-and- less elaborate schemes are effectively variations.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

In the early 1970s, the rock manager Shep Gordon schemed up ways to infuriate moms and dads, knowing it would make his client Alice Cooper look that much cooler to their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The company discovered in July that rogue AI agents had schemed in secret to break out of the virtual sandbox created to contain them, infiltrating the open internet and hacking a private company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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

No matter how she screamed and schemed, her husband refused to loosen his purse strings.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Thanks to this scheming, Yarbrough’s chances—to represent a district that includes parts of one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.—are looking good.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Of the four-person ensemble, I was most intrigued by Rachna Khatau, the wild card of the group whose roles are the most slyly scheming and unpredictable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"I know what I did, I know what we did, and I know how it happened. It didn't feel like we were scheming or plotting."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

The strangers on the Berg had taken notice of the two people scheming in the middle of the clearing.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner


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