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scattering

[skat-er-ing] / ˈskæt ər ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
uneven
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The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Forces at Mali's Tessalit military base, a "super-camp" near the Algerian border, surrendered and were scattering southward, an official from the Tuareg-dominated FLA separatist group told AFP.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

During their week in Vegas, Rose and her daughter fulfilled their plan, scattering her husband Pete's ashes at the MGM Hotel.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

The neutron scattering and AC magnetic susceptibility work at Rice was supported by the U.S.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

They’d obtained over a hundred new recruits, mainly rats but with a good scattering of ferrets and weasels, and the odd stoat.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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