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

Packets of food were strewn across the floor, doors hung off their hinges, and a pungent smell of faeces filled the air.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It showed dead cattle strewn around McClain’s Texas lot.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

I don’t care about grades, but I do care about all the trash I’ve seen around Driftaway Beach, strewn on the roads and sidewalks.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy