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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

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

Separately, he confirmed the Your First Home equity scheme to allow first-time buyers in England to buy a new-build home with a deposit of 2.5%.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Part of the scheme allegedly revolved around Elite Model Management, run by John Casablancas, who was a friend of both Epstein’s and Trump’s.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

Exhausted and sick, he had slunk back to England to recover, to think, and to scheme.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

But Lovell said "not all companies have delivered the environmental improvement schemes they have been funded for".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

In May 2025, a grand jury indicted Owens on one count of fraudulent schemes, one count of forgery, four counts of perjury and one count of tampering with physical evidence in Echard’s case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 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

The schemes resemble the Medicaid fraud in Minnesota for autism therapy and housing services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Napoleon produced no schemes of his own, but said quietly that Snowball’s would come to nothing, and seemed to be biding his time.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

Together with their accountant Peter Tarantino, who also was sentenced to prison his role in the situation, the couple schemed to defraud the Internal Revenue Service to avoid paying taxes, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 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

"I know what I did, I know what we did, and I know how it happened. It didn't feel like we were scheming or plotting."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Agents and bots in its labs were caught scheming, hiding errors and ignoring restraints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Hardly the smoking gun that puts him in an Afghan cave, scheming with Osama bin Laden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

“I’m sorry. After you’ve been surrounded by so much scheming, you start to think that’s how everyone plays.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman


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