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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Sanchez denied having any links to the alleged scheme as he attended an EU summit with Balkan leaders in Montenegro on Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

He admitted that he participated in a scheme to submit false campaign-finance reports and artificially inflate the amount he raised.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

In 2003, a United Nations-backed international diamond certification scheme, the Kimberley Process, was launched in order to prevent conflict stones from entering the mainstream diamond market.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The Attorney General now has 28 days under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme to decide whether to ask the Court of Appeal to look into the sentence.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 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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