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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Miklós Seszták, who served as minister of national development for four of the ex-prime minister's 16-year rule, is accused of accepting bribes as part of a scheme involving the state transport company.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

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

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

In the grand scheme of things, would that have been so terrible?

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The skills minister said London's Youth Guarantee Trailblazer schemes were helping young people who face several challenges, such as mental health difficulties or experience of the care system.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

"We have made £85m available this year to Natural Resources Wales and local authorities for flood and coastal erosion schemes across Wales," the government said in a statement.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 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

For all her exposure to ideology she had no interest in politics and no idea of the schemes that occupied her husband night and day.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

In the early 1970s, the rock manager Shep Gordon schemed up ways to infuriate moms and dads, knowing it would make his client Alice Cooper look that much cooler to their children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

In December, as the coach of the Atlanta Falcons, he schemed his team to a 27-24 victory over the Rams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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

Their absence placed the stakes of the discussions into relief; ultimately, it was for the young ones that they schemed.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

What are rising mortgage rates and utility bills when you’ve been neutralized by some bioweapon engineered by a collective of scheming AI agents, recursively self-improving their way to planetary domination?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“They bring a bit of everything, and Coach Patterson does a great job of scheming up the defense,” Paige said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

"A thin, gleaming mustache and scheming, greedy eyes," Rani declares.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman


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