scat
Example Sentences
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While speaking with The Times in his front yard on Wednesday, Johnson noticed a fresh pile of bear scat in the lawn next door.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Newly christened, she became known for scat singing, a vocal style that originated with ragtime - which enabled her to improvise melodies using her voice as an instrument.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
The hungry bears might devour some huckleberries in one meadow, wander a couple of thousand feet in elevation and then leave seeds in their scat to grow elsewhere.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024
Researchers have mostly determined what fosas eat by examining bones and other evidence left behind in scat.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024
To the trackers, the words were as meaningful as scat or broken twigs, signs of the girl’s passage but nothing more, and Tanin kept it that way, eliminating every letter they found.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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