schemes
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Despite warnings that an escape attempt would turn the Romanian guards against the prisoners, Bob O’Reilly, Poulson’s Missouri-born pilot, schemes with a number of POWs to tunnel out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But Lovell said "not all companies have delivered the environmental improvement schemes they have been funded for".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Philippines foreign ministry earlier said Lazaro had spent Wednesday in the eastern state of Shan, overseeing humanitarian schemes aiding those displaced in the civil war triggered by the coup.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 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
It should require elaborate schemes hidden from the public to keep them from panicking.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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