scheme

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So far, nearly 40 projects have been submitted to the scheme, of which 16 have been approved for an estimated $20 billion in investments.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

But these are exactly the kind of people who would have the strongest claim of standing to challenge the whole scheme.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

Patrick Grandy, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office, called the case the “largest Botox fraud scheme in the United States.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Arsenal pounded the ball into the penalty area, ran a complex scheme of blocks, jersey pulls, and dummy runs, and invariably, someone tall would pop up to head the ball in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Because nothing like the full-blooded machinery of a modern political party system existed, Adams conveyed his tentative scheme for a bipartisan initiative informally through letters and conversations sure to be picked up by the press.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis