scatter
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High-energy lasers are degraded by atmospheric conditions — rain, fog, sand and smoke all scatter and absorb the beam, reducing effective range and time on target.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
Kianty and Conor Simpson, from Lincolnshire, have yet to scatter son Jacob's ashes as no inquest has been held into his death and they still do not have a death certificate for him.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Starting from just a couple of assumptions about how particles scatter during collisions, they unexpectedly arrived at the core features of string theory.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Images on social media showed a person scaling the fence in a costume that included a smiley face head with sunglasses, prompting the monkeys to scatter.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
But almost before they had begun to scatter, into their midst bounded a great black dog, snapping, biting and chasing hither and thither like a fox in a chicken run.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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