scheme
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Under the early release scheme some 4,500 prisoners are now expected to start being let out of prison in tranches from October.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Tara Stapley, the general manager of the Big Sheep Farm and Theme Park in Bideford in north Devon, said: "Numbers have increased slightly and I think that is partly down to the summer savings scheme."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Based on numerous internal documents describing its 'hidden' 'surcharges,' Amazon's scheme has likely illegally extracted over 20 billion dollars from its unwitting advertising customers," the complaint says.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
“The complaint alleges that Amazon’s scheme has likely extracted tens of billions of dollars from its unwitting advertising customers,” the FTC said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 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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Energy UK has a list of these schemes, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Host Cafe, in the heart of the City of London, is home to one of these schemes.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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
Santa Margarita coach Carson Palmer used to take advantage of throwing to the tight end when playing at USC and in the NFL, and there’s no doubt Gazzaniga feels comfortable in the Eagles’ offensive schemes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The manpower needs created by the six-year war generated several emancipation schemes whereby slaves would be freed and their owners compensated in return for enlistment for the duration of the conflict.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
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
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
Deluded self-mythologizing was at the core of Johnson’s mockumentary series “Nirvanna the Band the Show” and well-regarded movie expansion about two musicians perpetually scheming to perform at Toronto’s Rivoli club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 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
All the fretting and scheming I'd done over how I would copy the play, and suddenly here it was, handed over to me in one piece, without the slightest effort on my part.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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