scatters
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The movie — which he wrote, directed and stars in — follows a widower as he scatters his wife’s ashes in very specific locations and deals with the memories that arise at each of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Gas between stars scatters the signals, spreading them out and causing slight delays before they reach Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026
ComSLI relies on a basic physical principle: when light encounters microscopic structures, it scatters in different directions based on their orientation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 9, 2025
"It's like a firework that goes up and just scatters - that's how my life had just exploded," she said.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Only a handful of sparkling silver stars that she scatters across the velvet-covered table, reading them like runes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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