litter
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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
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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
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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
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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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