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One of the displaced, Abdulali al-Rajihi, said the Houthis "told us: 'Leave, scatter, you have half an hour'".

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

Two perform wheelies on electric scooters while another uses a long stick to scatter rubbish.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Along that longer path, molecules in the air scatter shorter wavelengths of visible light, especially blue.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

Desperate for any advantage, the Night Court’s Inner Circle must scatter far and wide to face emerging past enemies and salvage Prythian’s fragile peace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The waving stems scatter papery white moths, who go down again to hide in the dark grasses.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Inside the material, the porous structure scatters light so effectively that it appears intensely white without any added pigment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

"These measurements are extremely difficult because carbon is a small and lightweight atom. It scatters very few X-rays, so the signal we needed to measure was quite faint."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

The movie — which he wrote, directed and stars in — follows a widower as he scatters his wife’s ashes in very specific locations and deals with the memories that arise at each of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

The atmosphere scatters away more short-wave blue light, leaving the longer-wave reddish hues to project upon the Moon.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

Because the tarred roads spring potholes like surprise presents and the air smells of hills and history and the sunlight scatters the sand and turns it into gold dust.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A Hot Wheels Porsche and other toy versions of exotic sports cars are scattered among the fallen pine needles — an apparent homage to 27-year-old James Wehr’s passion for cars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

"Unlike typical shallow reefs, it does not always form a single continuous reef structure. Instead, it can appear as patchy or scattered coral communities spread across the seafloor."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

AI touches national security, jobs, energy and consumer protection, leaving responsibility scattered across committees that rarely move together.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

In 2011, armed with all that had been uncovered, Boshoff, Lubkemann, and other SWP members dove down to where the wreckage of the São José was scattered.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Their brightness comes from light scattering off the exposed fibers of the traditional washi paper.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

Lissa jumped to her feet, scattering the checkers in her haste.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn