scud

The team looked at three types of freshwater animals -- two species of gammarid, or "scud," which is a small freshwater crustacean; one freshwater snail; and three aquatic insect species.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023

During the 1991 war, Iraq fired waves of scud missiles at its neighbor, including five at the Dimona nuclear reactor in the Negev desert, the heavily guarded heart of Israel’s never-acknowledged nuclear arms program.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

Fleecy white clouds scud across a bright blue sky, providing enough intermittent shade to keep temperatures tolerable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2020

Although the U.S. military had deployed a Patriot defense system, it failed to fire and let the scud through.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2019

Below them a hook of land shrouded in the dark scud blowing down the shore and beyond that lying half over and awash the shape of a sailboat’s hull.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

Hearts heads did not fall, though, and before Shankland's equaliser sparked bedlam, Yutaro Oda scudded the woodwork with a thunderous effort rather than squaring to the loitering Liam Boyce.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023

Gusts of dry leaves scudded across the parking lot.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020

As I walked down to La Perle du Lac, Geneva’s exceptional lakefront park, rain clouds scudded grimly across the sky and the city felt like it was still asleep.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2018

His 10th appearance at the World Cup yielded his 40th shot, none of which have provided reward, when his second-half free-kick scudded against the defensive wall.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2014

A large piece of tar-paper roofing sailed through the air and scudded along the fill until it hung against a tree.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

The sky was full of low scudding clouds when I landed in early December.

From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

In a nation known for its scudding clouds, frequent showers and temperate weather, the blazing heat was enough to hobble much of the country.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022

In the quiet of evening, after competition has ended, the venue echoes with a scudding sound of practice throws and the heavy thunk of takeouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022

In a warehouse strafed by lasers, 1,000 special invitees go rocks-out to scudding Kode9 beats, over the top of which Twigs recites a series of essays on private schools, literary festivals, farming and GCHQ.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2018

She put the spyglass carefully in her pocket and hooked her arms over the branch in front, gazing at the sky, the moon, the scudding clouds.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman