strewn

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As Lin scrubbed the floor on her knees, it picked up rubbish and folded clothes strewn across a sofa.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Damaged buildings and cars could be seen, and debris was strewn on the roads.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Overturned baskets and mangoes were strewn all around.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French