scheme
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One suggestion offered to fund such a scheme is to use the money raised from a tourism levy.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
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
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
The Attorney General now has 28 days under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to decide whether to ask the Court of Appeal to look into the sentence.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
For the Federalist leaders in New England were interested in recruiting Burr as part of a larger scheme that aimed at nothing less than the dismemberment of the American republic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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