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Relatives of the victims scatter flower petals from a damaged building as the procession passes below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

They were travelling to the city to scatter the ashes of Rose's late husband, Pete.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Under typical conditions, Po and So waves form when P and S waves scatter repeatedly through layered structures inside an oceanic plate.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

Serve them by the bowlful with cold drinks, or scatter them over tomato soup, chili, Caesar salad or roasted vegetables.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Just like that, they scatter, replaced by nothing except white noise.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Dust in the disk scatters light from the central star, creating an effect similar to fog.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026

This is because the sunlight it reflects reaches us through a more dense part of the Earth's atmosphere which scatters blue and violet light, and means only the redder hues reach us.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026

The movie — which he wrote, directed and stars in — follows a widower as he scatters his wife’s ashes in very specific locations and deals with the memories that arise at each of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

One of UV-C light's most valuable traits is how strongly it scatters in the atmosphere, which makes it especially useful for non-line-of-sight communication.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026

Because the tarred roads spring potholes like surprise presents and the air smells of hills and history and the sunlight scatters the sand and turns it into gold dust.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

As a result, most of the light entering one end can reach the other without being absorbed, scattered, or otherwise lost.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

After Scott, a Vietnam War veteran, died in August 2013 at age 58, Bare scattered his ashes on her property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

"Over the last four weeks, I have transported 1,000 small straw bales from the fields and scattered it around".

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

It was most active on the eastern flank, moving uphill toward camping sites and a limited number of scattered homes, Silveira said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

It was a cold, overcast day, and the wind scattered birch leaves onto the river like small amber arrowheads.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

I’ve topped bowls with butter-soaked, cardamom-dusted sourdough croutons, a simple scattering of pistachios, granola and even dried coconut flakes, and each has worked beautifully.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

At a media tour earlier this week, the massive Convention Center-scaled space was largely empty, save for dormant cranes, a scattering of workers and the occasional hum of drilling.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

Rather than moving across the ocean as a relatively simple wave, the tsunami displayed a far more complicated pattern, with waves spreading, scattering, and interacting across vast stretches of the Pacific.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

We ran for his car, the crowd scattering before us.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam