scatter
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Shorter blue wavelengths scatter more strongly than longer red wavelengths, producing the blue color we see overhead.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The firm argued that bypassing traditional exchange rules could fragment liquidity, or scatter trading activity across different platforms, and undermine investor protections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
As they scatter, regroup and break off again, the work never stops, even when sources don’t want to trust them, the ground under their feet keeps shifting and the cloud over their homeland gets darker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
One of the displaced, Abdulali al-Rajihi, said the Houthis "told us: 'Leave, scatter, you have half an hour'".
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Yes, they’re only just over the top. Come on, let’s get the others moving before a man comes with a hrududu* or they’ll scatter all over the place.”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Another, in a blue tunic that echoes the sky, scatters wheat seeds in the new furrows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The movie — which he wrote, directed and stars in — follows a widower as he scatters his wife’s ashes in very specific locations and deals with the memories that arise at each of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Gas between stars scatters the signals, spreading them out and causing slight delays before they reach Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 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
Only a handful of sparkling silver stars that she scatters across the velvet-covered table, reading them like runes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The menus began modestly: my mom’s chicken noodle soup alongside store-bought tomato soup from the Whole Foods hot bar; my dad’s white chicken chili and a simple butternut squash soup scattered with chives.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Eagle Rock Resort, in Hazle Township, has hundreds of comfortable homes scattered through the woods, two golf courses, swimming pools, an equestrian center and even a few ski slopes for the winter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Because the scattered signal is extremely weak, a second laser beam is used to amplify it through interference, allowing the microscope to detect structures that would otherwise be difficult to observe.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Pori, through his real-estate firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital, wants to build something similar to what Hazel Green Ranch’s former owner had proposed: a 150-room lodge and cabins scattered around the meadow’s perimeter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Ella inspected her additions, tiny skulls and pumpkins scattered about.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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"X-ray scattering mostly sees atoms that are rich with electrons, and so the proton is not seen directly," she said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
To understand how that feature changes RNA's behavior, the researchers used temperature controlled microscopy, small angle X ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations performed by the Joseph group.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The authority hired a falconer and a hawk, but it failed to successfully deter the birds and the plan was hampered by opponents to the measure scattering large quantities of bird feed.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
By contrast, northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and north Wales will have a breezy day with sunny spells and a scattering of showers which could be heavy in the west.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
When I dropped my plate, scattering food everywhere, it was Alef who had tripped me.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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