littered

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History is littered with examples of big media mergers going awry, and many of them involve some permutation of Warner Bros.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

From DeLorean to Tucker, the road to building a better car is littered with brilliant ideas and empty bank accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The 56-year-old -- known as "Dezi" -- escaped into a national park littered with disused mineshafts.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Every essay I receive comes littered with sentences following the structure “It’s not X; it’s Y.”

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

She'd read when the Institute was positioned over tropical places, the grounds were littered with palm trees.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton