scheme
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What might motivate Rozier to take part in such as scheme is perplexing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
By that time, however, Scheuer's ministry had already entered into binding contracts with the designated toll scheme operators.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
As part of the Pharmacy First scheme, pharmacists can currently prescribe medication for a sore throat, earache, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, infected bites and urinary tract infections.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
A former German transport minister faces a perjury trial related to a failed scheme to charge foreign motorists highway tolls, a debacle that cost the government hundreds of millions of euros.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
In short, the Quaker petition for an end of the slave trade was really a stalking horse for a more radical and thoroughgoing scheme to end the institution of slavery itself.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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