strewn
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Instead of cutting off the Emiratis, the Biden administration created a way for them to obtain the chips they needed, even if the path was strewn with bureaucratic hurdles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The ground was strewn with food containers, plastic bottles, empty chip packets, orange peels and coffee cups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
In one heavily damaged neighbourhood, Rana Nasrallah surveyed her destroyed home, the rubble strewn with clothes, furniture and pot plants.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
By Sunday morning the rubbish strewn streets had been largely cleared up and traffic lights which were damaged by fans climbing on them were being repaired.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
I follow Elizabeth down a hallway, past a kitchen strewn with used mugs.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
