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For example, a programme in which prisoners could read bedtime stories to children, as well as a rehabilitation scheme involving a TV channel run by inmates.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

New offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel’s scheme is largely focused on getting the ball to playmakers in space quickly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

When he did return to coaching, Patterson didn’t just want to install the same scheme he used at TCU.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

There are, though, likely to be continued questions about the forthcoming early release scheme, due to start in October.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

He seems to have some settled scheme of his own, but what it is I do not yet know.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

National Rail said different train companies have different schemes, but added that "they all offer compensation", external.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Scammers have become increasingly adept at duping customers into sending payments through elaborate social engineering schemes, including by developing romantic connections to their victims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

It "cannot keep going on" with "secret schemes of fast-track timescales cooked up by faceless individuals and of dubious benefit to the game"

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The report cited the rise of AI, which it said “allows criminal actors to potentially conduct successful fraud schemes against individuals, businesses, and financial institutions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Hrothgar, keen of mind, is out of schemes.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

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

So it should come as no surprise that before his 10-year run as UCLA’s basketball coach ended in 2013, Howland had schemed for his dream retirement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025

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

And though I had prayed and figured and thought and schemed, I could not come up with a way to make those numbers look any better.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

And Zendaya’s Athena “turns out to be a vulnerable victim of war, or perhaps a projection of Odysseus’ conscience — not a scheming and bloodthirsty war goddess.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

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

But federal prosecutors argued that Left corrupted the business model by scheming to trade quickly around his statements on social media, where he had a huge following.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Spaeny and Melton were cast as Ashley and Austin, a Gen-Z couple working at a Montecito country club, dreaming and scheming toward upward mobility, a good 18 months before filming began in early 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Egged on by scheming courtiers and generals, relations between Atawallpa and Washkar spent several years swinging through the emotional valence from concealed suspicion to overt hostility.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann