scheme
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During a visit to Ankara in February, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed the scheme as "particularly successful".
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
For Ikra Altumsek, and many other Turkish tourists, a visa-on-arrival scheme to visit several of Greece's Aegean islands has greatly simplified travel to this corner of the EU, previously off-limits without a hard-to-get Schengen visa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Despite this, the family is unable to appeal against it as, under the unduly lenient sentence scheme, external, the attorney general can only refer specific qualifying crimes to the Court of Appeal.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
As of March 2026, 70,066 people had been released under the scheme, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Washington opposed the scheme on several grounds, but confided his deepest reasons to Henry Laurens, president of the Continental Congress.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
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
They fall victim to Ponzi schemes and other scams.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Having failed as a journalist and lawyer, Guiteau moved on to new schemes.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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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
That day, Seven, Thorn, and Valley huddled by the side entrance of the Ravenskill Hall of Elders and schemed.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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Scenes flesh out a lineup of predatory city characters, from an obsessive building superintendent to a scheming nightclub impresario.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“But behind the scenes? Heidi and I were still thick as thieves, scheming side by side, laughing at how easy it was to keep the world guessing and the checks coming in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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
I had to tell my mother—that I knew what she was doing, her scheming ways of making me miserable.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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