scheme
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The hum for readers of this well-crafted book comes from seeing its determined protagonist try to foil that scheme while ensuring poetic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Sanchez denied having any links to the alleged scheme as he attended an EU summit with Balkan leaders in Montenegro on Friday.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Prabowo has acknowledged that the scheme was beset "with many problems".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
In 2003, a United Nations-backed international diamond certification scheme, the Kimberley Process, was launched in order to prevent conflict stones from entering the mainstream diamond market.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
They sat there, three lizards, not very big at all in the scheme of things, the largest in the middle, the two smaller ones on either side, doing their best to make him feel protected.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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