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Last week the government announced several projects it was funding to protect threatened species including a scheme aiming to increase the numbers of northern dune tiger beetles and natterjack toads in Cumbria.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Under Arena, the U.S. played a more defensive scheme and relied on quick transitions into the attack.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

While the White House has been keen to push the scheme, reaction to it has been split.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

The scheme has the backing of some big business names, including investment giant BlackRock, which said about 40% of Americans have no exposure to financial markets.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Eventually, the KGB came up with a scheme that would serve as a kind of smoke screen for Blake's spying on behalf of Russia.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The schemes ease economic regulations such as taxation and customs duties within a given territory to attract investors.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

For them, nuclear families in general, and fathers in particular, were an obstacle to central planning schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Alongside flat rates, other robot rental payment schemes are emerging.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Our energy workers have managed to reconnect power via backup schemes to almost all facilities, and electricity has been restored to most residential buildings in Sevastopol," Razvozhayev wrote on Telegram hours after the attack.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

Peter Pauling arrived with the inside news that his father was preoccupied with schemes for the supercoiling of a-helices in the hair protein, keratin.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Sean McVay and the Rams schemed against Kliff Kingsbury when he coached the Arizona Cardinals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

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

She was the smart girl who schemed to get out of schoolwork, but also a stranger who suggested hanging out with someone new.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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

A year ago her predecessor, Peter Kyle, unveiled a set of government tools powered by AI, named "Humphrey" after the scheming official from the classic BBC sitcom Yes, Minister.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Artist Lauren Halsey has been dreaming and scheming on this sculpture park for 17 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

Meng, who had initially been charged with scheming to evade US sanctions on Iran, was freed in September 2021.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

His enigmatic silence, however, unquestionably had mischievous consequences, for it prolonged the scheming in the House and, somewhat ironically, convinced Jefferson that Burr could never be trusted.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis