scheme
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Spanning an area the size of Singapore, the $700-million scheme is the first cross-border wind project in Asia and the largest wind farm in Southeast Asia.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Prosecutors said Mailyan was involved in an elaborate fraud scheme that ignored Medicare’s rules for Botox coverage and brazenly fabricated medical records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
And the modern compulsion to text cheeky little jokes alluding to the scheme, once again, claims new victims.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
Young voters are to be offered help on to the housing ladder, through the Your First Home scheme.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Immediately I knew Aunt Kitty was fine and this was part of her scheme.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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But with government reductions in funding for new schemes announced this year, there is added pressure to ensure the current Blackpool Beach Management schemes can go ahead.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
The restaurants tend to feature low-lighting and industrial color schemes, which give them the modern vibe of a club that also happens to smell like freshly grilled meat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
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
Having failed as a journalist and lawyer, Guiteau moved on to new schemes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
Sean McVay schemed against Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio only once as the Rams’ coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 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
In Leon’s life, or rather, in his account of his life, no one was mean-spirited, no one schemed or lied or betrayed.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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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
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
Hardly the smoking gun that puts him in an Afghan cave, scheming with Osama bin Laden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
These soldier types were forever scheming up one thing or another.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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