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Shorter blue wavelengths scatter more strongly than longer red wavelengths, producing the blue color we see overhead.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The firm argued that bypassing traditional exchange rules could fragment liquidity, or scatter trading activity across different platforms, and undermine investor protections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Fallen leaves from a large tree scatter across the neatly trimmed front lawn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

One of the displaced, Abdulali al-Rajihi, said the Houthis "told us: 'Leave, scatter, you have half an hour'".

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

But in case I don’t wake up because of some complication, I shoot them one last text: Whatever happens to me, scatter me at Althea.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Another, in a blue tunic that echoes the sky, scatters wheat seeds in the new furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Inside the material, the porous structure scatters light so effectively that it appears intensely white without any added pigment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

This is because the sunlight it reflects reaches us through a more dense part of the Earth's atmosphere which scatters blue and violet light, and means only the redder hues reach us.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

The movie — which he wrote, directed and stars in — follows a widower as he scatters his wife’s ashes in very specific locations and deals with the memories that arise at each of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

Only a handful of sparkling silver stars that she scatters across the velvet-covered table, reading them like runes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Eagle Rock Resort, in Hazle Township, has hundreds of comfortable homes scattered through the woods, two golf courses, swimming pools, an equestrian center and even a few ski slopes for the winter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The community was described as mud houses scattered across the vast forest.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Its vital infrastructure, civilian airports, and Saudi Aramco oil facilities are scattered across vast, sparsely populated deserts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

According to the death certificate, Mackie was cremated on Sept. 17, and his ashes were scattered off San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Other scientists were either in the air or scattered in labs, trying to piece together what information they had coming out of the volcano.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

"By accounting for the scattering and absorption by the cloud particles and atmosphere, the model allows us to estimate how strongly the liquid of cloud droplets itself must absorb light."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

The authority hired a falconer and a hawk, but it failed to successfully deter the birds and the plan was hampered by opponents to the measure scattering large quantities of bird feed.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Their brightness comes from light scattering off the exposed fibers of the traditional washi paper.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

The agency said federal regulations allow sunroofs to be made with tempered glass, which must break into gravel-like pieces, or laminated glass, where pieces stay stuck to a plastic interlayer instead of scattering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The birds lay over a photograph of sky like a scattering of petals, soaring away from a pebbled leather ground toward higher and better things.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng