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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Once Hana gets involved in her illicit money-making scheme, the narrative changes gear, tension levels are cranked up and what started out as a straightforward study of friendship turns into a fast-paced story of survival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Prosecutors in the court filings said the NFL players were not involved in the alleged scheme.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The report calls for "urgent" reform of that scheme saying that it is "not sufficiently supportive".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

As part of a pilot scheme, City of York Council has sent out informational leaflets about potty-training to 1,700 families, alongside their school place offer letters.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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




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