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She launched her career as a crime reporter at the Day in New London, Conn., where her work uncovering a predatory lending scheme earned her the Thomas K. Brindley Award for Public Service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

No matter how different they are, they are still themselves because we all decay—not exactly like them, but similarly enough in the grand scheme of things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In announcing the scheme, Archibald said the money would "provide some help for families as winter kicks in and energy bills rise".

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In the case of Kelce, aka Mr. Taylor Swift, the scheme ended this week, as many schemes do, in federal court.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

I saw in this the reason for my being staved off so long and the reason for my late guardian’s declining to commit himself to the formal knowledge of such a scheme.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Total reported losses exceeded $20 billion, including nearly losses of $9 billion on investment schemes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

In the case of Kelce, aka Mr. Taylor Swift, the scheme ended this week, as many schemes do, in federal court.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The schemes are being funded by the UK government and will be applied automatically without the need for an application.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

But that only added to the schemes appeal.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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

Together with their accountant Peter Tarantino, who also was sentenced to prison his role in the situation, the couple schemed to defraud the Internal Revenue Service to avoid paying taxes, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

Later that year, he schemed a perfect way out: he applied for a job to teach mathematics, natural sciences, and elementary Greek at the Znaim High School.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Instead of scheming to hack a company, a swarm with as many as 10,000 agents hacked away at math for 88 hours, building on each other’s work—and the work of humans—until they reached a solution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

There unfolds a somewhat Wodehousian investigation involving undercover spies and scheming holdovers from Oswald Mosley’s disgraced fascist party.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Hardly the smoking gun that puts him in an Afghan cave, scheming with Osama bin Laden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

They were now scheming to finish the war in time for the New Year.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson