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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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The Cowboys have a porous defense, and the scheme just isn’t paying dividends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Chargers’ offense looks disjointed, with a run scheme that doesn’t fit the roster’s personnel; there are real questions about new coordinator Mike McDaniel’s job security.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Earlier this month, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood admitted the scheme had "not been without its challenges".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Google’s pricing scheme will allow customers to run more complex workflows and receive more output per dollar compared to other models.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

It was September when Abel evolved another scheme for getting home.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

Hurely, who has made similar comments on discount schemes in the past, was speaking as Aldi reported a 5% increase in sales to £19bn for 2025 from 2024.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Since then many more women have come forward to say they were victims of Love’s schemes, which often involved him impersonating a San Francisco 49ers player.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Journal published an investigation last year reporting that the two men were officers of Epstein entities that obscured transactions, arranged cash for Epstein, made payments to women and facilitated Epstein’s immigration schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The SFI scheme is vital for many farmers who have turned large swathes of their land over to nature-friendly schemes, such as planting hedges, creating wildflower margins and protecting the soil.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Her head is full of just as many schemes as it was before.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko

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

Sean McVay schemed against Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio only once as the Rams’ coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 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

"I know what I did, I know what we did, and I know how it happened. It didn't feel like we were scheming or plotting."

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Instead of scheming to hack a company, a swarm with as many as 10,000 agents hacked away at math for 88 hours, building on each other’s work—and the work of humans—until they reached a solution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

It could be argued Tielemans' arrival addresses an issue Manchester United have had since Carrick quit in 2018; the scheming midfielder with an eye for a pass, who can break a defensive line.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

“He was right behind her, the scheming hyena! Not a coin in his pockets, not a cow to his name.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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