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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Scrapping digital ID, the spokesperson said, will mean "redirecting the resources earmarked for the scheme towards people's everyday priorities".

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The attorney general's office has since referred Digwa's sentence to the Court of Appeal under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

The way the scheme worked, authorities said, was Griffin would use social media to advertise “for holders of various bank accounts to give him access to their accounts.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The EU also has to decide whether to extend the scheme to cover the waste sector and international flights departing from the bloc -- a move strongly opposed by airlines.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

He seems to have some settled scheme of his own, but what it is I do not yet know.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Fraudsters can be in search of higher pay from padded credentials or may have more sophisticated schemes in mind, like gaining access to company data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

"We will continue to aggressively follow the money and deny the Iranian regime access to the proceeds of its illicit revenue schemes," he said in a post on X.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

The initiative was inspired by Ed Sheeran's charity, which has funded similar schemes in libraries and youth centres, as well as offering instrument loans to aspiring musicians.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Four separate compensation schemes have been established for victims to receive pay-outs, as they would not have been eligible under the scheme which rejected Brian's application.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Not for the first time I resented the part that I must play in her schemes.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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

Sean McVay schemed against Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio only once as the Rams’ coach.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 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

And though I had prayed and figured and thought and schemed, I could not come up with a way to make those numbers look any better.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

A year ago her predecessor, Peter Kyle, unveiled a set of government tools powered by AI, named "Humphrey" after the scheming official from the classic BBC sitcom Yes, Minister.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

She played the scheming, seductive Iris in the 1970 blaxploitation comedy classic “Cotton Comes to Harlem.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2026

“So now it looks like I had been kind of scheming and forcing this to happen,” Adkins said.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Meng, who had initially been charged with scheming to evade US sanctions on Iran, was freed in September 2021.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

But Aunt Kitty had other plans, and after we sat down with Mr. Pinkerton at his Philadelphia hotel, I learned what scheming she had in store.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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