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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Najib, 73, had a close relationship with Jho Low, the fugitive Malaysian financier and alleged mastermind of the scheme.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

It would be "short-sighted to cut off funding to a scheme" given these developments, Swallow said.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The Welsh government's latest estimate, external is that it would require between £250m and £500m of extra funding a year, depending on how many parents make use of the scheme.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

First launched in 2007, the Flying Start scheme was primarily designed to help children in the poorer areas of the country with their language, social and physical development before starting school.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

Hamilton was both surprised and mystified when Madison came out against his funding scheme.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

It is the local outworking of two schemes which apply in Great Britain, which has a separately regulated electricity market.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

The victorious campaigning group, Foxglove, vowed to refocus its efforts on challenging other data centre schemes across the UK.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Such confidence schemes are known as “pig butchering” — a particularly rancid term for a rancid business.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Anthropic says in its report that some of the schemes go beyond the normal distillation methods companies use and instead resemble sophisticated illicit schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Instead, she was forming her own schemes for how to deal with spoiled goods.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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

Born in 625, B’ajlaj Chan K’awiil schemed for power from his base in Dos Pilas, setting off a civil war between forces loyal to him and those loyal to Nuun Ujol Chaak.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Instead of scheming to hack a company, a swarm with as many as 10,000 agents hacked away at math for 88 hours, building on each other’s work—and the work of humans—until they reached a solution.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

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

Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

“He was right behind her, the scheming hyena! Not a coin in his pockets, not a cow to his name.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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