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I realize $1,000 isn’t a huge amount in the grand scheme of things, but I’m curious whether there’s a downside.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Because he received what is called an extended determinate sentence at the time, he cannot be considered for this early release scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Bosses said the scheme was designed to help England reach the target of 16.5% canopy and woodland cover by 2050.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Instead, he simply used new clients’ money to pay earlier investors their “profits”—while keeping a significant portion for himself—a type of fraud that came to be known as a Ponzi scheme.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

She didn’t want to rain on Penelope’s parade, but she also didn’t want the girl to be disappointed when no one supported her grand scheme.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

The report cited the rise of AI, which it said “allows criminal actors to potentially conduct successful fraud schemes against individuals, businesses, and financial institutions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The Canadian mockumentary follows a musical duo determined to play at a Toronto rock club through various schemes that inevitably go awry.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The figures follow government schemes to release a number of offenders early in an effort to ease prison overcrowding.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Additionally, all 12 trustees and 24 schemes are now onboarded to iFAST’s Hong Kong Pension platform as at end-April, which is expected to contribute positively to revenue through 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

His schemes, until then unknown to us in detail, always dealt with groups of three bases, hydrogen-bonded in the middle, many of which we now knew to be in the wrong tautomeric forms.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy schemed against Stafford for 10 seasons when McCarthy coached the Green Bay Packers and Stafford played for the Lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

Furious at Leah, Maggie schemed a way to get Kate’s boys back.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Spaeny and Melton were cast as Ashley and Austin, a Gen-Z couple working at a Montecito country club, dreaming and scheming toward upward mobility, a good 18 months before filming began in early 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

After a charming monologue in which she also sang, Rodrigo played a scheming woman in a “Dynasty”-like nighttime soap opera from the 1980s, “Edge of Destiny,” where people kept falling down the stairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026

A year ago her predecessor, Peter Kyle, unveiled a set of government tools powered by AI, named "Humphrey" after the scheming official from the classic BBC sitcom Yes, Minister.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

It would take only a word to the guards for Matthias to put an end to all their scheming.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo