scheme
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Hanif Hall, a former warehouse worker who has been unemployed for around two years, is among those on the scheme.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
M&S said its new scheme will provide six months of training, with successful participants then receiving further training to become a store manager.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Now, amid suits and countersuits among the lender bank, investors, a bankruptcy trustee and McClain’s family, details of the alleged Ponzi scheme are coming out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
The hum for readers of this well-crafted book comes from seeing its determined protagonist try to foil that scheme while ensuring poetic justice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
When Adams received word of this outrageous ultimatum, he ordered the delegation to return home, but he also withheld the official dispatches describing the bribery scheme from the Congress and the public.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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