scheme
Example Sentences
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His scheme could raise insurance premiums by $400 a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Juda insisted a costly fuel subsidy and free school meal programme would be maintained, though the scheme has been significantly trimmed.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
By February this year German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was openly questioning the scheme.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
If this scheme worked he wouldn’t have to worry about walls anymore.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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