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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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The multi-billion-dollar scheme, a centrepiece of Prabowo's 2024 presidential campaign, aims to offer free meals to 80 million school children.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

He admitted that he participated in a scheme to submit false campaign-finance reports and artificially inflate the amount he raised.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

He is now the target of a civil lawsuit alleging his participation in the scheme.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

He said the "unvarnished reality" was there had been no visual inspection scheme of air valves which showed a "systemic failure of governance" of South West Water.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Instead, I began to scheme, as it seemed everyone around me had been doing from the start.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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