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scattered

[skat-erd] / ˈskæt ərd /




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On one visit, a rat the size of a running shoe scuttered across the clearing.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

Telephones did not work, clerks scuttered about looking for the only copy of the diplomatic list.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first leaves fell from the poplars and scuttered across the sidewalks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Expecting to be attacked at any moment, they scuttered and floundered through the undergrowth, finding here a doe and there one of their own rabbits and forcing them on.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Blackberry scuttered along the wood toward him and began to nibble at some kind of greenstuff.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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