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scheme

[skeem] / skim /




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He’ll be manning a pro-style scheme in 2026 constructed by first-time offensive coordinator Jordan Somerville, who comes to Berkeley after three years as Baker Mayfield’s assistant quarterbacks coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The global book-gifting scheme delivers one free book every month to children from birth until they turn five years old.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

As for Middagh, his role is adding a new wrinkle to the offensive scheme this season.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

This scheme may not yet be in effect, but it leaves many states in a sort of limbo, including some that are meant to send out ballots as soon as this week.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

“It is a totally different scheme, and it will change the course of history.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

And Sydney—after schemes, escapes and sacrifices—is set up for the most famous fictional moment in the Reign of Terror.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Jefferies analyst Randal Konik said in a note ahead of the release that along with shedding “disjointed” color schemes and logo-heavy designs, Lululemon also needed to fix its company culture.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Not lost among the novel’s schemes and counterschemes is the Swifts’ dry repartee, which unfolds in a lively patter even during the more-somber moments.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Council's across the country have set up similar schemes.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

Lord Dunmore did not speak at first, simply listening to his guests before unfolding his own schemes and views.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

Murdaugh introduced Satterfield’s sons to Cory Fleming, a fellow lawyer, who represented them in the case and schemed with Murdaugh to collect on his homeowner’s insurance policies.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

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

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

Where are the well-rounded characters, smart dialogue, ingenious scheming on one side and even more ingenious problem-solving on the other?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 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

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

After a charming monologue in which she also sang, Rodrigo played a scheming woman in a “Dynasty”-like nighttime soap opera from the 1980s, “Edge of Destiny,” where people kept falling down the stairs.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2026

John Garrett was sure the men were scheming to steal their horses in the middle of the night.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson




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