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
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
According to the Department of Health and Social Care, more than 3.3 million consultations under the scheme were carried out between March 2025 and February 2026.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
The brothers and their company were in fact the victim of a fraud scheme by Gemini’s former chief operating officer, the agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
This was patently untrue, but a justifiable distortion in the Jeffersonian scheme of things because motivated by an authentic urge to sustain the friendship.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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