scattered
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And there were more, scattered all over the government, such as the National Counterterrorism Center and the Justice Department’s National Security Division.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
To make that comparison possible, the researchers combined observations of Venus with a radiative-transfer model that tracks how light is repeatedly scattered and absorbed by cloud droplets and atmospheric molecules.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Whether the 61-year-old’s return to tennis as an éminence grise can herd the sport’s notoriously scattered stakeholders together and strengthen the players’ position is the question du jour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
His music was scattered over many labels: Black Saint, Elektra Musician, Nonesuch, and his own imprint Mbari.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The goats scattered, bleating wildly, and it dropped lower, until it was almost skimming the ground, and snatched one in its claws.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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