scheme
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Arsenal pounded the ball into the penalty area, ran a complex scheme of blocks, jersey pulls, and dummy runs, and invariably, someone tall would pop up to head the ball in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
One source said the FBI intercepted the scheme “years ago” and that Avery was not in danger.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Singamas joined the scheme as early as March 2020, the DOJ said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Like thousands of other civil servants, Paul's pension has been delayed as a result of outsourcing firm Capita taking over administration of the entire pension scheme.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
And finally, and perhaps more obviously, he attacked Pythagoras’s scheme with the most self-evident of arguments: it could not possibly account for female anatomy.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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