scheme
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Federal officials allege a visa-fraud scheme in Louisiana involved law enforcement manufacturing false crime reports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Norwich has the second highest rate of people accessing the scheme, 23.2 per 10,000, followed by Breckland at 16.4 per 10,000.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The 19-page document, filed Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, provided details about Amazon’s alleged price-fixing scheme, largely derived from emails between Amazon and the vendors who sell products on its site.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
For all these objections, Desmond Morris will be remembered as a tremendous populariser of science - a man who helped place humans in the scheme of nature on planet Earth.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 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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