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At the center of the alleged scheme was the then-husband of Marina del Pilar Ávila, the governor of the border state of Baja California.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rush fraudulently obtained $193 million through his scheme, they said, and used it to purchase gold bars, Rolex watches, jewelry, vehicles and luxury properties in Florida.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Other measures expected to be announced on Tuesday are a new tax-free savings scheme, similar to the UK ISA.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The new law further develops criteria to help show an LLC as a shell company involved in a potential tax evasion scheme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“What we have here, my good comrades in arms,” said Jess grandly, “is stage one of our anti-battering-ram scheme, thanks to my small offspring here who found the hornets’ nest.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Perhaps the mayor will now muster some sympathy for businesses mugged in similar schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The state estimate it loses millions of dollars annually because of such schemes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Twenty local authorities across England are now signed up to launch similar schemes to tackle the number of pupils starting school without being fully toilet-trained.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Although Cousins is in the twilight of his career, he has thrown a league-high nine touchdown passes, thriving in a system that emphasizes play action schemes and quickly diagnosing coverages, two areas where Cousins excels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It should require elaborate schemes hidden from the public to keep them from panicking.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

His character, who schemed to succeed his ailing father as chief executive of the fictional Waystar Royco media and entertainment conglomerate, earned Strong his first Emmy Award in 2020, as well as two additional nominations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 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

For the next five years, Blake schemed a way to escape the high walls and drab food of "the Scrubs," as it was called by the inmates.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

"I know what I did, I know what we did, and I know how it happened. It didn't feel like we were scheming or plotting."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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

And Zendaya’s Athena “turns out to be a vulnerable victim of war, or perhaps a projection of Odysseus’ conscience — not a scheming and bloodthirsty war goddess.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

I’m scheming how to find a way to make five thousand dollars before the summer is over, and that about fills up my whole brain.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick