littered

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America’s great national parks and wildernesses must be littered with dead relatives.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

In a match littered with fascinating battles, it was ultimately a showdown between Europe's two most potent attacking line-ups.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

At a hastily emptied compound 60 miles southwest of Chrey Thom, abandoned suitcases and clothes littered the corridors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The 56-year-old -- known as "Dezi" -- escaped into a national park littered with disused mineshafts.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

She spotted the shop immediately—a small hut in a yard littered with rickshaw panels, tools, cans of paint, leather benches, and tires.

From "Rickshaw Girl" by Mitali Perkins