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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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Prosecutors are investigating whether the incident was part of an insider-trading scheme, naming Milei as a person of interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The same is true in Wales, while Scotland has a more generous scheme.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Once Hana gets involved in her illicit money-making scheme, the narrative changes gear, tension levels are cranked up and what started out as a straightforward study of friendship turns into a fast-paced story of survival.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The Help with Health Costs scheme provides individuals and their dependants with help for travel costs associated with medical treatment on referral from a doctor or dentist.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“What we have here, my good comrades in arms,” said Jess grandly, “is stage one of our anti-battering-ram scheme, thanks to my small offspring here who found the hornets’ nest.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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