scheming
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Artist Lauren Halsey has been dreaming and scheming on this sculpture park for 17 years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
And while Hamlet may dither in seeking revenge for his father’s murder, we don’t hope that the scheming Claudius gets away with it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Meng, who had initially been charged with scheming to evade US sanctions on Iran, was freed in September 2021.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
Their closeness derails Rausch’s “three steps ahead” scheming.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
Now that the last of the rice was gone it was in a sense a relief: no amount of scheming and paring would make it go any further: the last grain had been eaten.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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