scoop
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Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
These are almost certainly cutter suction dredgers, of which China has the world's largest fleet: some of them can scoop up 6,000 cubic metres an hour, enough to fill two Olympic-sized swimming pools.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Barton-on-Sea in Hampshire was named Britain's cheapest seaside destination for ice cream, with a single scoop costing an average of £1.95.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
The group made sure to scoop up tickets in the last row so they could dance freely without blocking anyone’s view.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
He dodged to avoid the scoop of mud Neel flipped his way.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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