scattered

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Higher oil prices and scattered supply disruptions have raised business costs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

As he moves deeper and finds scattered, malformed remnants of his past inside the chartreuse oblivion, Clark makes a Faustian pact with whatever entities are inside the Backrooms.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

In contrast, southern Patagonia had yielded only scattered fossils that could not confidently be assigned to a specific species.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Someone — or something — has piled lamps and stools into the center of one room, scattered chairs in another and embedded shoes into the floor as though the ground were made of sand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

But when my evening piece of bread appeared on the door shelf, I scattered some crumbs and to my joy he popped out almost at once.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom