scheme
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"I would accept not getting the bonus, but the thing that really hurt was the penalty. It's not the golden scheme it was sold as."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
One of the new teachers at the primary school this year, Joseph Brown, trained through the academy trust's scheme after working as a teaching assistant.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
He admitted that he participated in a scheme to submit false campaign-finance reports and artificially inflate the amount he raised.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
De la Espriella also defended David Murcia, convicted of running a pyramid scheme that impoverished families across southern Colombia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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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