scheme
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The commission found City had arranged "sham" commercial deals with a number of its sponsors that were part of a "disguised funding scheme".
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
It said the M4 scheme had been "anything but short term", stating it had been a "long-term solution to long-term needs".
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In 2024, Earthmade received more than $176 million from two Malaysia-based shipment companies as part of the scheme, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It also sets up a scheme by which the Environmental Protection Agency can regulate pollution emitted in one state that harms downwind states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Take away Bob’s broom and his janitor’s clothes, put him in armor and cut his hair, change his color scheme from silver to gold, and Iapetus would have been almost indistinguishable from Hyperion.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Although Cousins is in the twilight of his career, he has thrown a league-high nine touchdown passes, thriving in a system that emphasizes play action schemes and quickly diagnosing coverages, two areas where Cousins excels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
People on low incomes may also be eligible for grants to help with insulating their homes, and there are local schemes offering grants for solar panels, heat pumps and the like.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Hurely, who has made similar comments on discount schemes in the past, was speaking as Aldi reported a 5% increase in sales to £19bn for 2025 from 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Journal published an investigation last year reporting that the two men were officers of Epstein entities that obscured transactions, arranged cash for Epstein, made payments to women and facilitated Epstein’s immigration schemes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He resigned himself to losing whatever he had invested in these schemes and locked himself in his room to plan new ways to make money and amuse himself.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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In December, as the coach of the Atlanta Falcons, he schemed his team to a 27-24 victory over the Rams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
She was the smart girl who schemed to get out of schoolwork, but also a stranger who suggested hanging out with someone new.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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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
"I know what I did, I know what we did, and I know how it happened. It didn't feel like we were scheming or plotting."
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Instead of scheming to hack a company, a swarm with as many as 10,000 agents hacked away at math for 88 hours, building on each other’s work—and the work of humans—until they reached a solution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Deluded self-mythologizing was at the core of Johnson’s mockumentary series “Nirvanna the Band the Show” and well-regarded movie expansion about two musicians perpetually scheming to perform at Toronto’s Rivoli club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It would take only a word to the guards for Matthias to put an end to all their scheming.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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