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litter

[lit-er] / ˈlɪt ər /




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Authorities in Tehran haven’t acknowledged the specific nature of those attacks, likely as part of the effort to suggest mines still litter the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

“When people see a lot of just litter on the ground, they litter,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

A container of cat litter marked $10.30 that rang up at $11.30.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Mounted on a vehicle dashboard, the app automatically takes a photograph every 10 seconds, identifying visible litter and grading it against a national standard before uploading the information.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Only the man who had fallen off the boulder needed to be carried back to Sister Gladys’s hospital, and to be on the safe side a litter was used for Baba Joseph as well.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

It is the only other highly ranked "monotocous" species, meaning it typically produces a single offspring per pregnancy rather than litters.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026

They sleep together, clean each other and, despite being from different litters, generally behave like siblings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

He was best known for his love of the husky dogs used to pull sledges around the island, and he raised two litters of dogs.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

Lunar base inhabitants might also require metal and they could even harvest this from the dusty grey debris that litters the lunar surface.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025

The medics, jammed between litters of critically injured men, stood at attention in front of the lieutenant.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Director Zachary Wigon certainly attempts to distract the audience from the emptiness of the texts, overdoing it on style, with the cinematography littered with repeated whip-pans and swift up-and-down tilts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The truth is that election cycles are often littered with missed opportunities.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

Near the iconic Place de la Republique in central Paris, broken glass and debris littered the roads, as a pile of burning bicycles belched out thick smoke.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

"The industry is littered with these examples of fantastic technologies and teams that do brave things that take decades," Mummery says.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

That weed-filled yard was littered with balls and tools and shoes.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

In the 2023-24 season, widespread fan action including littering pitches with tennis balls and chocolate coins resulted in the scrapping of an investment deal, despite the proposal winning majority support of clubs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The latter which was backed up by AI pictures posted to his account with drones and planes and military gear littering the rooftop.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

After sunrise, villagers in Qusra, near the city of Nablus, walked through the scorched remains of the Al-Rahma mosque, broken tiles littering the ground, videos showed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Doc pushed aside the ingredients littering his table to make room for the man to lean on.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce


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