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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Tandridge District Council is funding the scheme, which last ran in January, to support residents with the cost of living.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

On Monday, the scheme widened to another section of clients.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

That in large part is a withering indictment of new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, whose scheme has been a round-peg, square-hole fiasco, with his players unable to establish any semblance of a rhythm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Nvidia is probing whether Huang was targeted as part of a foreign-intelligence scheme, but said he will stay on as CEO “without interruption” and that business momentum won’t slow down.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Their conceptual apparatus is Aristotelian, and they seek to address a gap or anomaly in the Aristotelian scheme of knowledge.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Free school milk dates back to the early part of the 20th century, and there have been a number of schemes delivering it in various forms over the years.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

At home, when he was charged with babysitting his little brother, he’d enlist the smaller boy in elaborate role-playing schemes of his own devising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Jerry will point out poetic elements of the songs, explain rhythm, similes and metaphors, internal rhymes, clichés, split perspective and different types of rhyme schemes.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

Will Garrett’s return free Donald from double teams and other schemes?

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Once they had found out, they had been hexed with forbidden magic in order to go along with the Uncles’ schemes when they did not want to.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

In the early 1970s, the rock manager Shep Gordon schemed up ways to infuriate moms and dads, knowing it would make his client Alice Cooper look that much cooler to their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

So it should come as no surprise that before his 10-year run as UCLA’s basketball coach ended in 2013, Howland had schemed for his dream retirement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025

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

That day, Seven, Thorn, and Valley huddled by the side entrance of the Ravenskill Hall of Elders and schemed.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Thanks to this scheming, Yarbrough’s chances—to represent a district that includes parts of one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.—are looking good.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Dumas centers his story of intrigue and dynastic scheming on the bride, Marguerite de Valois, whose marriage to the Protestant Henry of Navarre had brought so many Huguenots to Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Elsewhere on the front page, two contestants from this season of the Celebrity Traitors, Maya Jama and Richard E Grant, are pictured scheming in their iconic green cloaks.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Agents and bots in its labs were caught scheming, hiding errors and ignoring restraints.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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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