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A large section of the building facade is missing along its roofline, with rubble strew across the road below.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

Disturbed by statistics on Italian emigration that swelled to 84,000 in 1884 alone, Scalabrini wrote that the mass emigration and separation of families would “help strew white the lands of America with their bones.”

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

The interior of the Subaru looked like a college dorm room at the end of finals — food wrappers, half-packed bags and road strew cluttering every quadrant.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022

Breaking waves strew driftwood along beaches reached by hiking trails that require consulting a tide chart.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2019

So I offered to fetch fresh lavender to strew in Gertrude’s bedchamber, and that night I knelt again on the ground, gathering the silvery, purple-tipped fronds of lavender into my arms.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Those who go in knowing the outcomes of the AEC proceedings and Strauss’ Cabinet bid will see past the red herrings that Nolan occasionally strews across the path of history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

Mr. Portale’s risotto is done carbonara-style, and he strews cilantro instead of the more-typical basil on another dish.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2019

Her descriptions of food, decor, and clothing are precise: the way Kristin strews juniper and flowers on the floor to prepare for guests, and her blue-violet leather shoes “stitched with silver and rose-color stones.”

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2017

In Act 2, rubble from the wrecked proscenium strews the stage, the remnants of the Minstrels' Hall in the Wartburg castle, where Tannhaeuser takes part in a song contest.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2010

No voice is heard that charmed their earthly road: Around their desolate and last abode The blast that swept them to the earth yet raves, And strews with havoc their insulted graves.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by George Gilfillan

Mud and rocks had exploded through their garage, leaving its contents strewed down the hill in the grime filling the mouths of storm drains.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Elvis' actual house is smaller than you'd think and kinda gives off grandpa vibes with the overly carpeted rooms and hallways, and bric-a-brac strewed about.

From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2023

The stage: just a shelf strewed with rubble.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

“He left the field strewed with Army tacklers who had a shot at him and came up empty-handed,” sports columnist Shirley Povich wrote in The Post.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019

Rosaleen let me bring it home, right into the living room, where I strewed a box of Quaker Oats on the floor for it to eat and she didn’t raise a word of protest.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

The speech was strewn with falsehoods that must have appalled even sympathetic listeners in the chamber.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Homendy said she walked the path of destruction, seeing the tire marks cut through the grass outside the runway—and navigation equipment, air bags and fencing strewn over the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

At the other site in Arab Salim where the two women were killed, a mattress, furniture and other items including a Hezbollah flag were strewn among the rubble, while neighbouring buildings were also damaged.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

But with sneakers strewn in the doorway and a cookbook opened to a specific recipe, the faux house felt lived in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some had chainlink fences around weeded-over front yards with toys strewn about.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

The Hercules aircraft went down shortly after departure from Puerto Leguizamo, near the southern border with Ecuador, strewing burning wreckage on the jungle floor.

From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026

The storm brought fierce winds and drove surging seawater miles inland, strewing the area with fallen trees, power lines and debris.

From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2023

Instead of just placing your gourds on your coffee table or strewing them about randomly through your space, think like a designer and take the opportunity to get a little creative.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2022

An infestation of bark beetles a few years ago killed a large number of drought-weakened trees, felling them and strewing their parched carcasses on the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

In the infinitesimal glow of the stars, the trees and flowers were strewing their cool odors.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath