scheme
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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
The documents mention the initials of three players — X.M, D.N. and M.P. — that were impersonated during the alleged scheme.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Prosecutors in the court filings said the NFL players were not involved in the alleged scheme.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Given the disastrous events of April 1865, Mudd assumed that the Union victory had changed the actor’s plans and the scheme to kidnap the president had been abandoned.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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