scheme
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Tice said his party would introduce a right to buy scheme to help get people on to the housing ladder.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
He’s just employing the classic false promises of any grifter running a get-rich-quick scheme.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Gareth Hetherington, director of the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre, said there was a case for a VAT cut pilot scheme in NI.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Hospitality and tourist businesses in Cornwall are calling for a temporary VAT reduction scheme to be widened and extended.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
To write down a number with this scheme, all an Egyptian scribe had to do was record groups of these symbols.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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However, under UK law, agents are required to put deposits from tenants in regulated schemes.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Council's across the country have set up similar schemes.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He kicks balls with his left foot, which requires long snappers to make an adjustment and change blocking schemes because most kickers use their right foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The results indicate that pollinator-friendly planting schemes may need to consider more than simply providing large numbers of flowers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Dad had dreamed up many dangerous schemes over the years, but this was the first that really shocked me.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
Prosecutors also added a third defendant to the case: Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira, who they say schemed with Trump and his valet, Walt Nauta, to conceal the footage from investigators.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
They leaped and schemed escapes, producing doors from air.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Where are the well-rounded characters, smart dialogue, ingenious scheming on one side and even more ingenious problem-solving on the other?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
“They bring a bit of everything, and Coach Patterson does a great job of scheming up the defense,” Paige said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It could be argued Tielemans' arrival addresses an issue Manchester United have had since Carrick quit in 2018; the scheming midfielder with an eye for a pass, who can break a defensive line.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It demanded that Ernest share a bed with Mollie, and raise children with her, all while plotting and scheming against her family.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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