scud
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The team looked at three types of freshwater animals -- two species of gammarid, or "scud," which is a small freshwater crustacean; one freshwater snail; and three aquatic insect species.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2023
Fleecy white clouds scud across a bright blue sky, providing enough intermittent shade to keep temperatures tolerable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2020
The Patriot system thought the scud was far from the barracks and did not fire.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2019
Maybe too much sand is getting into the scud and making it a dud.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2017
The moonlight shines and billows; the broken clouds scud above the trees.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Tanguy Ndombele scudded one against the bar and Giacomo Raspadori had a couple of near things before, mercifully for the Scots, the assault dissipated.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2022
Gusts of dry leaves scudded across the parking lot.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
As I walked down to La Perle du Lac, Geneva’s exceptional lakefront park, rain clouds scudded grimly across the sky and the city felt like it was still asleep.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2018
Rain lashed the hills that surround the hills to the south and east of Phokeng, eddies of dust scudded across the plain to the north and lightning flickered constantly above the platinum works.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2013
Dark clouds fringed with silver moonlight scudded by overhead, carried briskly along by the winds aloft.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Nearly a year ago to the day, Martinez Losa sat down after a 6-0 home scudding from England and said he was still the man to lead Scotland to the Euros.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2024
In a nation known for its scudding clouds, frequent showers and temperate weather, the blazing heat was enough to hobble much of the country.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
For Britain, a nation known for its scudding clouds, frequent showers and temperate weather, the blast-furnace of Arizona-style heat was enough to disrupt much of the country.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
In the quiet of evening, after competition has ended, the venue echoes with a scudding sound of practice throws and the heavy thunk of takeouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
The scudding clouds above us threw cat-shaped shadows across the yard.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Beowulf
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"Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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"Song of Myself," Vocabulary from the poem
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