schemer
Example Sentences
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Mr Josse said Mrs Nash had recorded some conversations with her husband and that in one in August 2022 he called her "a schemer who caused chaos to gain attention".
From BBC
But the most villainous entity they encounter is a duplicitous schemer played with oleaginous insincerity by Hugh Grant.
From Seattle Times
The stakes, which somehow involve the fate of a Hollywood studio as well as the lives of motley strivers and schemers, seem trivial.
From New York Times
She, in Harry’s take, is a schemer who played “the long game. A campaign aimed at marriage, and eventually the crown.”
From Washington Post
Offensive coordinator Greg Roman is a run-based schemer who has long been under heavy fire in Baltimore and seems a long shot to be back next season.
From Washington Post
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