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scatter

[skat-er] / ˈskæt ər /


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Tommy’s presence helps push Valerie to acknowledge Mickey’s absence and moves her to gently face it, finally scatter his ashes and let him go.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

They were travelling to the city to scatter the ashes of Rose's late husband, Pete.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Crack one egg into each center, then scatter with cubed pancetta, grated pecorino and plenty of black pepper.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Under typical conditions, Po and So waves form when P and S waves scatter repeatedly through layered structures inside an oceanic plate.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

My thoughts scatter for a moment, and I glance at the note to read it.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

"These measurements are extremely difficult because carbon is a small and lightweight atom. It scatters very few X-rays, so the signal we needed to measure was quite faint."

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

ComSLI relies on a basic physical principle: when light encounters microscopic structures, it scatters in different directions based on their orientation.

From Science Daily Dec. 9, 2025

Martinez scatters ceramic roses across the painting, a mordant honorific to past glory and current hopes.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

The atmosphere scatters away more short-wave blue light, leaving the longer-wave reddish hues to project upon the Moon.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2025

Out the window, the wind scatters the leaves across the road.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere is scattered, with shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reach the Moon.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

In dusty streets teeming with men in camouflage and scattered with wrecked military vehicles she scours for scenes of normality to post on the city social media pages.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

“If they’ve got $200,000 scattered in 20 different accounts, that’s different than $1 million in one IRA,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Ramírez’s plots, as Mr. Warrick emphasizes, were too scattered and haphazard to force serious political change.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Everyone was scattered around the town, buzzing about King Barf and all his soldiers.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere is scattered, with shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reach the Moon.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

I’ve topped bowls with butter-soaked, cardamom-dusted sourdough croutons, a simple scattering of pistachios, granola and even dried coconut flakes, and each has worked beautifully.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

That alignment reduces scattering of the heat carrying phonons, allowing thermal energy to move through the crystal much more efficiently.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

At a media tour earlier this week, the massive Convention Center-scaled space was largely empty, save for dormant cranes, a scattering of workers and the occasional hum of drilling.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The glass jar shatters, a sea of black truffles scattering across the floor.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott




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