scheme
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The federal agency said the hackers used several tactics to compromise victims, including a sophisticated social engineering scheme dubbed “FaceStealer.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Separately from the FaceStealer scheme, members of the North Korean military, referred by the FBI as “TraderTraitor,” stole more than $6 billion in cryptocurrency from the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
A BBC undercover investigation into abuse of a fast-track UK immigration scheme has found companies offering to help migrants pose as talented artists and tech experts to make fraudulent visa applications.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
On Sunday, Nvidia announced that its board of directors was probing whether Huang, its longtime CEO, was targeted as part of a foreign-intelligence scheme.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Such was Miss Lucas’s scheme; and appearances were so favourable, that when they parted at night, she would have felt almost secure of success if he had not been to leave Hertfordshire so very soon.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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By the end of June 2026, London's two trailblazer schemes had offered support to more than 2,600 young people.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
With libraries having long moved on from just offering book loans, Rachel said schemes such as this are "vital"
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
At home, when he was charged with babysitting his little brother, he’d enlist the smaller boy in elaborate role-playing schemes of his own devising.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
However, it said children would still be able to get milk through breakfast schemes and free lunches.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
A similar problem has frustrated schemes to breed the vicuna, an Andean wild camel whose wool is prized as the finest and lightest of any animal’s.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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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
Special Counsel David Weiss also filed new charges and nine new tax counts last week, alleging he schemed to avoid paying about $1.4 million in taxes over a three-year period.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
That day, Seven, Thorn, and Valley huddled by the side entrance of the Ravenskill Hall of Elders and schemed.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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“It’s fun for our coaches scheming for and scheming against.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Thanks to this scheming, Yarbrough’s chances—to represent a district that includes parts of one of the most diverse cities in the U.S.—are looking good.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Elsewhere on the front page, two contestants from this season of the Celebrity Traitors, Maya Jama and Richard E Grant, are pictured scheming in their iconic green cloaks.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
With the election resolved, the work of building a governing team brought about more than a little competitive scheming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“He was right behind her, the scheming hyena! Not a coin in his pockets, not a cow to his name.”
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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