scheme
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Nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants from Malaysia arrived in their war-torn home country on Sunday, a Myanmar Navy official said, returned under an opaque repatriation scheme.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Under the proposed scheme, youngsters would be offered posts in the private sector, with the government paying half their salary.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
In 2024, Earthmade received more than $176 million from two Malaysia-based shipment companies as part of the scheme, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It also sets up a scheme by which the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate pollution emitted in one state that harms downwind states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But still, in the scheme of things she was way ahead, and she was acting all poor-me pitiful, and it got him irritated.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Twenty local authorities across England are now signed up to launch similar schemes to tackle the number of pupils starting school without being fully toilet-trained.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
It gives money to farmers who have turned parts of their land over to schemes such as planting hedges, creating wildflower margins and protecting the soil.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Although Cousins is in the twilight of his career, he has thrown a league-high nine touchdown passes, thriving in a system that emphasizes play action schemes and quickly diagnosing coverages, two areas where Cousins excels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
One of the more than 60 reported victims of Daejon Love’s alleged schemes alerted the 49ers eight months before he was arrested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Next thing I knew he had a scheme all ready in his mind—and what a man he was for schemes and battles!
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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In December, as the coach of the Atlanta Falcons, he schemed his team to a 27-24 victory over the Rams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
It didn’t look like anything special, but it was manned by the Stoll brothers, and I shuddered to think what dirty tricks they’d schemed up.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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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
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
“Gee, thanks,” I said dryly, half flattered he thought I was capable of that level of scheming.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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