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

In the communities nearby - bare homes scattered over barren, brown hills, set against the snowy peaks of the Siah Koh mountain range - the devastating impact of unemployment is clear.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

In 2011, armed with all that had been uncovered, Boshoff, Lubkemann, and other SWP members dove down to where the wreckage of the São José was scattered.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler