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scatter

[skat-er] / ˈskæt ər /


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If people want to scatter their votes, it’s not only their choice — it’s democracy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Protesters scatter, ducking into the gaps between buildings and pavement.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

In retaliation for propaganda dumps, North Korea in 2024 sent scores of trash-filled balloons to scatter waste across the South.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

Their work shows that the effect arises from how electrons scatter at interfaces, with this scattering controlled by both the magnetization and the electric field at the interface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

She screamed everything, and felt as though her very being broke apart in the soft scatter of wings.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor