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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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She said the total number deported under the scheme since it began in August 2025 was around 1,400.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

Justice Department said several companies used crypto exchange Binance to relay payments for black-market Iranian oil from Chinese buyers, as part of a scheme to finance Iran’s military in violation of sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

A scheme in Teesside saw a tug of war between ministers over whether it should be used for a low carbon hydrogen energy scheme, or a massive new AI data centre.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

And I’m sure someone has told her not to resurrect Nate Bargatze’s bizarre charity scheme to keep acceptance speeches short.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

For decades before the Mona Lisa theft, he’d been suspected of every con, every forgery, every eccentric scheme: if the job was brilliant, it might be the work of Adam Worth.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Such confidence schemes are known as “pig butchering” — a particularly rancid term for a rancid business.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

It does this via a website called MakeMyMove, which lists several such relocation support schemes offered by similar small cities and towns across the US.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Just when you think you know all the cyber schemes, fraudsters find new ways to attack.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

It also proposes that the company could take stakes in larger schemes - suggesting this could involve offshore wind, marine energy and nuclear.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Then Madame said, barely audibly: “Poor creatures. What did we do to you? With all our schemes and plans?”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

Sean McVay schemed against Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio only once as the Rams’ coach.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 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

Their absence placed the stakes of the discussions into relief; ultimately, it was for the young ones that they schemed.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

What are rising mortgage rates and utility bills when you’ve been neutralized by some bioweapon engineered by a collective of scheming AI agents, recursively self-improving their way to planetary domination?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

With the election resolved, the work of building a governing team brought about more than a little competitive scheming.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

“They bring a bit of everything, and Coach Patterson does a great job of scheming up the defense,” Paige said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 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

It demanded that Ernest share a bed with Mollie, and raise children with her, all while plotting and scheming against her family.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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