scatter
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Images on social media showed a person scaling the fence in a costume that included a smiley face head with sunglasses, prompting the monkeys to scatter.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Instead, I finished things with a scatter of green onions, whose sharpness cut beautifully through the richness.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Normally, increasing power causes the light to scatter more due to imperfections inside the fiber.
From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026
In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The mouse archers sent off a hail of arrows that came close enough to cause a scatter among the sparrows.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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