scheme
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She says finding available taxis has become more difficult, even with London Taxicard scheme, a subsidised taxi service for people with mobility impairments or severe sight loss.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
Though he lost his first attempt in 1986, Jones won their rematch two years later after Swindall had been indicted for perjury in relation to a money-laundering scheme.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Given the disastrous events of April 1865, Mudd assumed that the Union victory had changed the actor’s plans and the scheme to kidnap the president had been abandoned.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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And that means governments will continue to be under pressure to implement early release schemes to avert a capacity crisis.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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
Additionally, all 12 trustees and 24 schemes are now onboarded to iFAST’s Hong Kong Pension platform as at end-April, which is expected to contribute positively to revenue through 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Mumbling his grand schemes, the admiral strode back toward the house.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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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
For the next five years, Blake schemed a way to escape the high walls and drab food of "the Scrubs," as it was called by the inmates.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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And Zendaya’s Athena “turns out to be a vulnerable victim of war, or perhaps a projection of Odysseus’ conscience — not a scheming and bloodthirsty war goddess.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Ms. Aviv writes of a psychotic mother with persecutory delusions who thinks her eldest daughter is in league with a scheming professor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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
Artist Lauren Halsey has been dreaming and scheming on this sculpture park for 17 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
One minute she was talking to my father, complaining about the tenants upstairs, scheming how to evict them under the pretense that relatives from China were moving in.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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