scattering
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Under those conditions, phonons can travel long distances without scattering very much.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Sri Lanka's health authorities attribute the surge in dengue infections to a cyclone that tore through the island last December, scattering debris that have turned into new breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
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
Over there the Mediterranean’s soft blue waves were scattering shells.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
Along the fence were scatterings of Bills gear and parents holding their children’s No. 14 jerseys.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
The results range from scatterings of notes in a strange tempo to fully composed ambient music.
From The Verge ● Mar. 8, 2022
The mauled scatterings of boxes and packages along the train tracks look like the crime scene from a Christmas Eve Santa sleigh-jacking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
On one level, Arisen My Senses sounds like chaos: crashing rhythms and overlapping voices that render the lyrics largely incomprehensible, alongside unpredictable scatterings of harp and explosions of electronics.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2019
The garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts, filling the soft morning air with scatterings of brightness.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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