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No stylists get involved, she says, and no one tells her a color scheme or outfit choice ahead of time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Organisers said the scheme had proved popular, with children trying on costumes and taking part in craft activities.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

She said the council had previously held popular events offering pre-loved Christmas jumpers and hoped the Halloween scheme would continue in future years.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The government announced the Your First Home scheme in September and is expected to confirm further details when Chancellor John Healey delivers his Budget on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The grand scheme didn’t last long because the pay was too little, but for P.J. this was a brief introduction to a world he would one day inhabit.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

Gen. Rob Bonta held dueling news conferences Thursday, with each touting their efforts to crack down on medical providers accused of needless surgical procedures, sham addiction treatment program, bogus hospice care and other alleged schemes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Goliath Corp., meanwhile, yearns to eliminate Thursday and execute grandiose schemes of literary mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The standing charges also fund schemes to support low-income households.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

He was complacent and insecure, daring in the administrative stratagems he employed to bring himself to the attention of his superiors and craven in his concern that his schemes might all backfire.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

His character, who schemed to succeed his ailing father as chief executive of the fictional Waystar Royco media and entertainment conglomerate, earned Strong his first Emmy Award in 2020, as well as two additional nominations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 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

Last time they had schemed like that, they covered his seat with clear glue and Danny got stuck to his chair.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

Elsewhere on the front page, two contestants from this season of the Celebrity Traitors, Maya Jama and Richard E Grant, are pictured scheming in their iconic green cloaks.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Rent-seeking doesn’t require corrupt businessmen scheming with corrupt politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

With the election resolved, the work of building a governing team brought about more than a little competitive scheming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I had to tell my mother—that I knew what she was doing, her scheming ways of making me miserable.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan