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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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But he adds he has told Housing Secretary Angela Rayner that the scheme must come with "additional support".

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Now, the family is suing more than a half-dozen individuals and companies across Florida, Philadelphia and Peru, whom they claim served as “suppliers, fake authenticators and distributors” in an elaborate and far-reaching forgery scheme.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

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

I’m honestly surprised that Camille and Andre were willing to participate in my scheme.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

A couple of support schemes have been set up by the NHS for those receiving care - but places are limited and the application process can be, by the NHS's own admission, external, complex.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Just when you think you know all the cyber schemes, fraudsters find new ways to attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

We have heard accounts from homeowners who bought outright, often with a mortgage, as well as those who purchased through shared-ownership schemes.

From BBC Sep. 4, 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

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

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

Murdaugh introduced Satterfield’s sons to Cory Fleming, a fellow lawyer, who represented them in the case and schemed with Murdaugh to collect on his homeowner’s insurance policies.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 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

And though I had prayed and figured and thought and schemed, I could not come up with a way to make those numbers look any better.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Where are the well-rounded characters, smart dialogue, ingenious scheming on one side and even more ingenious problem-solving on the other?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 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

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

Scenes flesh out a lineup of predatory city characters, from an obsessive building superintendent to a scheming nightclub impresario.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

His enigmatic silence, however, unquestionably had mischievous consequences, for it prolonged the scheming in the House and, somewhat ironically, convinced Jefferson that Burr could never be trusted.

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




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