scattered

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Even now, most of her lyrics exist as scattered notes and unfinished scribbles.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Tools like it—including the Defense Production Act, sanction authorities and development finance programs—are scattered across government and underresourced.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Oil prices have been relatively stable in recent weeks, though still sharply elevated, as the Persian Gulf cease-fire has largely held despite scattered missile and drone attacks.

From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026

But farmers argue the technique provides lower yields, and that scattered recent rainfall has rendered it impossible in some fields anyway.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

However, scattered throughout the dark depths were shallow areas: sandbars, reefs, islands just under the waves.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown