strewn

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Video from the scene showed shirts, pants and shoes strewn across the sidewalk in front of the store.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Photos of island poverty and ruin, strewn across social media, don’t lie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Pictures published by the regional prosecutor show smashed market kiosks strewn with metal, glass and food.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

AFP footage from the scene showed police officers, rescuers and military personnel on a street strewn with rubble.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

At least fifty books lay strewn across the room; a hundred small paper squares with writing on them lay all over the floor, so you could barely see the black hardwood underneath.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega