scattering

Fireworks can frighten animals and send them scattering, but Jackie and Shadow’s eaglets apparently are made of sterner stuff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

These high velocity impacts shattered enormous volumes of rock beneath the surface while vaporizing material and scattering molten rock across the landscape.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

Though it was Gibson's hit in the 19th over, which had spectators scattering for cover in Headingley's second tier, that was the highlight of Saturday, Gibson does not appear keen to disagree.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

The stock barely reacted to results of an experiment with the Cleveland Clinic at the start of the month, and didn’t budge when IBM released data from a neutron scattering experiment in March.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

Necklaces of shiny beads, copper, and tiny, beautiful shells go scattering over the ground.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

Image: DroneSeed Trees can normally regenerate due to the scatterings of pine cones by the wind or with the help of animals.

From The Verge ● Apr. 18, 2022

The mauled scatterings of boxes and packages along the train tracks look like the crime scene from a Christmas Eve Santa sleigh-jacking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

Cavernous home arenas, with scatterings of spectators at most, emphasize the emptiness.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2021

On one level, Arisen My Senses sounds like chaos: crashing rhythms and overlapping voices that render the lyrics largely incomprehensible, alongside unpredictable scatterings of harp and explosions of electronics.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2019

The garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts, filling the soft morning air with scatterings of brightness.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury