strewn

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As Lin scrubbed the floor on her knees, it picked up rubbish and folded clothes strewn across a sofa.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

He only remembers fragments now: the explosion, heat, gas cylinders strewn across the kitchen and his desperate search from room to room, calling his wife's name: "Sarla, Sarla."

From BBC • Jun. 7, 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

At low tide, we could cross easily to the next island, Cuttyhunk, through shallows strewn with bootlace weed and minnows.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk