scud
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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
The moonlight shines and billows; the broken clouds scud above the trees.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The ball scudded over the outstretched arms of American goalkeeper Zack Steffen and under the crossbar, sparking cheers from the sparse, happily stunned crowd.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Ryan Porteous' attempted clearance was scudded off the back of Ferguson straight into the path of Cosgrove.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2020
He climbed aboard a tractor to start planting his winter wheat crop under a blue sky scudded with white clouds.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2019
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
After a while, the squall began to subside and the thunderclouds scudded away from the center of town.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
But in summer the view from the opposite side is equally spectacular: the approach of moisture-laden monsoon clouds, scudding across the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
The sky was full of low scudding clouds when I landed in early December.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 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
Are the scudding clouds moving at the right speed?
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2019
The crew were on their feet briskly, to furl the sail, and stow it; then, each in place, they poised the smooth oar blades and sent the white foam scudding by.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Beowulf
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"Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Song of Myself," Vocabulary from the poem
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