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I realize $1,000 isn’t a huge amount in the grand scheme of things, but I’m curious whether there’s a downside.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Because he received what is called an extended determinate sentence at the time, he cannot be considered for this early release scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has told his justice secretary to find a way to exclude PC Andrew Harper's killers from an early release scheme designed to ease prison overcrowding.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Instead, he simply used new clients’ money to pay earlier investors their “profits”—while keeping a significant portion for himself—a type of fraud that came to be known as a Ponzi scheme.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Samson had planned the scheme, thinking that he could easily defeat his friend and make him go back home.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

National Rail said different train companies have different schemes, but added that "they all offer compensation", external.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

"But overall, as beavers expand in our landscapes, and also as we do other nature-based solutions or wetland creation schemes... it does mean that we are less prone to droughts."

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

The report cited the rise of AI, which it said “allows criminal actors to potentially conduct successful fraud schemes against individuals, businesses, and financial institutions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

The Canadian mockumentary follows a musical duo determined to play at a Toronto rock club through various schemes that inevitably go awry.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

Like Peralta, they sign on to illusory schemes that cost hundreds of dollars but almost never pro-duce the promised green cards.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

He schemed to get an imported copy seized by customs to trigger a court case over its content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

So it should come as no surprise that before his 10-year run as UCLA’s basketball coach ended in 2013, Howland had schemed for his dream retirement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2025

Afforded extra space by his manager's decision to play Jack Grealish alongside him in a central position, De Bruyne schemed in the way he usually does.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024

City-states, hoping to win civic glory, sometimes schemed to bribe top athletes to falsely claim that city as their own.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

In Leon’s life, or rather, in his account of his life, no one was mean-spirited, no one schemed or lied or betrayed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Hatcher — a Pomo shape-shifter who dodges prejudice by passing as Mexican in the novel — is a thorny protagonist, often cunning, scheming and unforgiving.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Scenes flesh out a lineup of predatory city characters, from an obsessive building superintendent to a scheming nightclub impresario.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

A year ago her predecessor, Peter Kyle, unveiled a set of government tools powered by AI, named "Humphrey" after the scheming official from the classic BBC sitcom Yes, Minister.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

She played the scheming, seductive Iris in the 1970 blaxploitation comedy classic “Cotton Comes to Harlem.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

I’m scheming how to find a way to make five thousand dollars before the summer is over, and that about fills up my whole brain.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick