strewn

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By Sunday morning the rubbish strewn streets had been largely cleared up and traffic lights which were damaged by fans climbing on them were being repaired.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

BIRMINGHAM, England—The neighborhood around Harris Hussein’s barbershop in this once thriving industrial city is marked by potholes and strewn with piles of uncollected trash.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Other clips showed emergency workers walking through spacious apartments strewn with glass and rubble.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

My feet feel like lead as I make my way to the palace, over ground strewn with windfall apples, their golden scent blowing in the air.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black