schemer
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They didn’t want a repeat of Angelica, the cackling 3-year-old schemer of “Rugrats.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“The Donn of Tiki,” first released in 2024, also portrays Beach as a bit of a schemer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
In case you missed it, WSJ’s The Journal podcast produced an amazing episode based on my coverage of the convicted Ponzi schemer Paul Regan’s scam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Duer was also an inveterate speculator and get-rich-quick schemer: “king of the alley,” as Thomas Jefferson derisively referred External link to Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
“The old schemer was hiding in the woods. I flushed him out of the bushes like a hound flushes out a fox. A merry hunt it was, wouldn’t you say, Eddie, old boy?”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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