litter
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Numerous prototype limbs litter the surfaces in Kimathi's lab.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Maple, who has just had a litter of kittens, is successfully trapped at Angel City Lumber.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
It has meant Ellesmere park ranger, Lee Fraser, has been able to go into the Mere with volunteers and pick out litter, such as bricks, pottery and mobile phones.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
He spends about $80 a month on food and two big bags of litter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Well, say you leave the tap running while you clean your teeth, or leave the house with a light burning, or drop a piece of litter and can’t be bothered to pick it up.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
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Unlike most pigs, babirusas typically have just one or two offspring at a time rather than large litters - one reason their numbers recover slowly when wild populations are hit hard.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"While it is always heartbreaking to lose a young animal, sadly this is not uncommon in large cat litters," said Richard Langston, head of carnivores at Howletts.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
It is the only other highly ranked "monotocous" species, meaning it typically produces a single offspring per pregnancy rather than litters.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 22, 2026
“I think we need to figure out who the big players are. Who are the people who are importing litters and litters and litters of puppies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
The long march southward toward Carlion, with litters swaying and the mounted escort jogging under flapping pennoncells, was exciting for everybody.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Social media platforms are littered with cheering sections gleefully anticipating mass unemployment in creative industries.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
In a landscape littered with teenage dysfunction, Netflix’s ‘Don’t Say Good Luck’ is a moving argument for aspirational television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Nearby fields were littered with broken deckchairs, scraps of fiberglass insulation and pieces of wire fencing ripped apart by the fierce winds that struck the village and its surroundings.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
De Zerbi must banish the ghosts of two seasons littered with losses.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
We passed by burned-out buildings and weedy, littered vacant lots.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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There are large fragments of salt-eaten machinery littering the shore, relics of the island’s martial heyday.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the 2023-24 season, widespread fan action including littering pitches with tennis balls and chocolate coins resulted in the scrapping of an investment deal, despite the proposal winning majority support of clubs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The latter which was backed up by AI pictures posted to his account with drones and planes and military gear littering the rooftop.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
After sunrise, villagers in Qusra, near the city of Nablus, walked through the scorched remains of the Al-Rahma mosque, broken tiles littering the ground, videos showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
He told me he’d had a similar reaction the first time he’d seen kernels littering Iowa roads in October.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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