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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

But when I had told him about Shanghai Chic—leaving out the part about modeling—he’d been pleased with the scheme to rent pieces to Formann’s.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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