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One of the displaced, Abdulali al-Rajihi, said the Houthis "told us: 'Leave, scatter, you have half an hour'".

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Two perform wheelies on electric scooters while another uses a long stick to scatter rubbish.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Along that longer path, molecules in the air scatter shorter wavelengths of visible light, especially blue.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Desperate for any advantage, the Night Court’s Inner Circle must scatter far and wide to face emerging past enemies and salvage Prythian’s fragile peace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But Nate’s words seemed to scatter in the wind.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

Another, in a blue tunic that echoes the sky, scatters wheat seeds in the new furrows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

She first scatters AA-size batteries, pens and scissors on the table, and walks back to the nearby control rig to make the robot arms place each one inside the tray of a desk organizer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

"This atomic disorder limits performance because it traps and scatters electrons, much like potholes slowing traffic on a highway," describes Dr. Dongqi Li from TU Dresden.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

Aerogels also rely on air-filled pores, but those pores are typically arranged in a random pattern that scatters light.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025

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

Photos taken at Kris’ annual holiday parties often featured the sweeping staircases, which were decked out in extravagant decorations, with multiple Christmas trees scattered throughout the grand entryway.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those predictions include tiny temperature variations scattered across the CMB.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Behind the rain it is back to sunny spells and scattered showers, and still windy in the west on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Painted characters and toyboxes made of wood are installed in scenes that replicate toy stores and home interiors, where figurines scattered on the floor suggest that we’ve just interrupted a child’s playtime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“She offered to call him for us, but she was so scattered I thought it might be better if we met with him ourselves.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The agency said federal regulations allow sunroofs to be made with tempered glass, which must break into gravel-like pieces, or laminated glass, where pieces stay stuck to a plastic interlayer instead of scattering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Sunlight passing through the Earth's atmosphere is scattered, with shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reach the Moon.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

A police pursuit early Wednesday through Los Angeles ended in dramatic fashion when the fleeing vehicle smashed into a row of parked cars, injuring the driver and scattering glass and debris across the road.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Under those conditions, phonons can travel long distances without scattering very much.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

Beneath the leafy branches was a scattering of acorns.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown