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
Fleecy white clouds scud across a bright blue sky, providing enough intermittent shade to keep temperatures tolerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2020
The Patriot system thought the scud was far from the barracks and did not fire.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2019
I am very concerned that I am unable to comment on an article on defective or deceptive or dejected scud missiles flying around over Yemeni and Saudi air space.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2017
The moonlight shines and billows; the broken clouds scud above the trees.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
What if Rabbi Matondo hadn't scudded an upright after an outrageous dart through the PSV defence?
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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
Rain lashed the hills that surround the hills to the south and east of Phokeng, eddies of dust scudded across the plain to the north and lightning flickered constantly above the platinum works.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2013
Winter storm clouds scudded in, got snagged on our hills, and stayed.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
It was quickly wiped out as Iran's push for a winner intensified, Mehdi Taremi scudding the bar, causing a visible gasp to emanate from the table below.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
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
They sped along at a pace that frightened her, but the thunder of their wheels on the hard road and the beat of their scudding feet made her exhilarated enough to ignore the discomfort.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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