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Authorities said 25,000 people marched through central Madrid on Saturday demanding protection for the Spanish state pension scheme, one of the hot topics in a parliamentary election next month.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Your First Home scheme will offer government-backed equity loans worth 20% of new-build properties in England bought from participating developers.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Dozens of people were convicted in connection with a sprawling, $250-million children’s food assistance scheme that predated this administration, though more charges have been announced in recent months.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

According to the Miami Herald, federal prosecutors identified Alvarado as an unindicted co-conspirator in a scheme to embezzle money from Venezuela’s national oil company.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

“What we have here, my good comrades in arms,” said Jess grandly, “is stage one of our anti-battering-ram scheme, thanks to my small offspring here who found the hornets’ nest.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Gen. Rob Bonta held dueling news conferences Thursday, with each touting their efforts to crack down on medical providers accused of needless surgical procedures, sham addiction treatment program, bogus hospice care and other alleged schemes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Previous schemes to help first-time buyers did not restrict eligibility by income but faced criticism for stoking house prices by allowing relatively wealthy households to borrow more.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Goliath Corp., meanwhile, yearns to eliminate Thursday and execute grandiose schemes of literary mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Countries were also encouraged to tailor insurance schemes or subsidies for under-served communities and to incorporate inequality indicators into their national health systems.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Most of his time had been spent with a ragtag band of dirty-faced boys who carried out whatever schemes they could to survive.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

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

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

Together with their accountant Peter Tarantino, who also was sentenced to prison his role in the situation, the couple schemed to defraud the Internal Revenue Service to avoid paying taxes, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 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

Elsewhere on the front page, two contestants from this season of the Celebrity Traitors, Maya Jama and Richard E Grant, are pictured scheming in their iconic green cloaks.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Rent-seeking doesn’t require corrupt businessmen scheming with corrupt politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hardly the smoking gun that puts him in an Afghan cave, scheming with Osama bin Laden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

It could be argued Tielemans' arrival addresses an issue Manchester United have had since Carrick quit in 2018; the scheming midfielder with an eye for a pass, who can break a defensive line.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

“I’m sorry. After you’ve been surrounded by so much scheming, you start to think that’s how everyone plays.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman