scheme
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Quarterback Justin Herbert looks increasingly comfortable in McDaniel’s offensive scheme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
California is Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits’ largest market, and the scheme included several of the company’s California-based executives, including multiple vice presidents, according to the agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Taxpayers' Alliance think tank said the public would be "stunned" at the cost and called for the government to urgently review the scheme.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Pharmacy First scheme started in England in 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Given the disastrous events of April 1865, Mudd assumed that the Union victory had changed the actor’s plans and the scheme to kidnap the president had been abandoned.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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He mentioned that schemes like Academi Adra give young people hands-on experience on the job.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Elin Williams, who oversees the work of the Academi, said that funding had been needed to offer more young people the chance to join similar schemes.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
And Sydney—after schemes, escapes and sacrifices—is set up for the most famous fictional moment in the Reign of Terror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Jefferies analyst Randal Konik said in a note ahead of the release that along with shedding “disjointed” color schemes and logo-heavy designs, Lululemon also needed to fix its company culture.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
And the painted dolphins on your sister’s wall cannot plot deadly schemes.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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The company discovered in July that rogue AI agents had schemed in secret to break out of the virtual sandbox created to contain them, infiltrating the open internet and hacking a private company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
No matter how she screamed and schemed, her husband refused to loosen his purse strings.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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There unfolds a somewhat Wodehousian investigation involving undercover spies and scheming holdovers from Oswald Mosley’s disgraced fascist party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
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
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
Rowan and her scheming sisters did not want to attract notice, but their sullen silence soon had the guards giving them queer looks.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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