scattering
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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
Shorter blue wavelengths scattering more easily, while more of the longer wavelength red light reaches the moon.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
This agreement confirmed that phonons in the material can travel unusually long distances before scattering, which is a central reason the wave-based behavior can survive at room temperature.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
On I ran, right through a family of feral black pigs foraging for pecans, scattering them indignantly in my wake.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Along the fence were scatterings of Bills gear and parents holding their children’s No. 14 jerseys.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2022
Image: DroneSeed Trees can normally regenerate due to the scatterings of pine cones by the wind or with the help of animals.
From The Verge ● Apr. 18, 2022
The mauled scatterings of boxes and packages along the train tracks look like the crime scene from a Christmas Eve Santa sleigh-jacking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
On one level, Arisen My Senses sounds like chaos: crashing rhythms and overlapping voices that render the lyrics largely incomprehensible, alongside unpredictable scatterings of harp and explosions of electronics.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2019
The garden sprinklers whirled up in golden founts, filling the soft morning air with scatterings of brightness.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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Physics - Introductory
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