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The idea - dubbed the tourist tax - was first raised by Sir Keir Starmer's government in November and is similar to a scheme running in Scotland.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Wild Bill and a fez-wearing bird-shop owner called Signor Ferrari have a scheme to bleed the Bacchanal and make it ripe for a takeover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Beyond lying to the FBI about the scheme involving Becerra, Williamson misled federal authorities on another topic, the plea agreement stated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Government responses have included daily individual caps on fuel purchases, a ban on stockpiling and an alternating licence-plate scheme intended to reduce the number of cars filling up.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

But all that was required to abolish this conceptual scheme was an insistence on direct as opposed to indirect experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Just when you think you know all the cyber schemes, fraudsters find new ways to attack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Other parts of the UK have similar ombudsmen schemes.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Jefferies analyst Randal Konik said in a note ahead of the release that along with shedding “disjointed” color schemes and logo-heavy designs, Lululemon also needed to fix its company culture.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Sign up to the right apps and loyalty schemes and you could spend the day enjoying free cake, meals out, beauty treats and even cinema snacks.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

They know what to expect from Ms. G and all her crazy writing schemes.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy schemed against Stafford for 10 seasons when McCarthy coached the Green Bay Packers and Stafford played for the Lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

No matter how she screamed and schemed, her husband refused to loosen his purse strings.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

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

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

And Zendaya’s Athena “turns out to be a vulnerable victim of war, or perhaps a projection of Odysseus’ conscience — not a scheming and bloodthirsty war goddess.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Egged on by scheming courtiers and generals, relations between Atawallpa and Washkar spent several years swinging through the emotional valence from concealed suspicion to overt hostility.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann