scheme
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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
Special Agent in Charge of Cyber & Counterintelligence at FBI Los Angeles, Jeremy Robertson, details the #FaceStealer social engineering scheme attributed to North Korean hackers.
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
Best of all for Valfierno, the scheme meant the buyers had no options.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Milburn argues previous employment schemes have been temporary, and says a permanent legal entitlement is needed to tackle the long-running problem of young people not in education, employment or training.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
By the end of June 2026, London's two trailblazer schemes had offered support to more than 2,600 young people.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 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
So little angel Jeffy can be safe from my evil cooking schemes?
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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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
The company discovered in July that rogue AI agents had schemed in secret to break out of the virtual sandbox created to contain them, infiltrating the open internet and hacking a private company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
He’d schemed his way out of that one and saved his friends all by himself, but at least he’d had time to think.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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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
Elsewhere on the front page, two contestants from this season of the Celebrity Traitors, Maya Jama and Richard E Grant, are pictured scheming in their iconic green cloaks.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Where are the well-rounded characters, smart dialogue, ingenious scheming on one side and even more ingenious problem-solving on the other?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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
John Garrett was sure the men were scheming to steal their horses in the middle of the night.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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