scheme
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GP fit notes declaring people unable to work will be replaced with support to help them stay in their job, under a government pilot scheme.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
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
Patrick Grandy, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, called the case the “largest Botox fraud scheme in the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times • 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
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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