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Recent Examples of strew
Papers with official seals were strewn around floors and left on desks.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Social media posts show food and beverages strewn about the cabin on the plane.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
The black-and-white news footage, archived by the state, depicts a grisly scene: a bloody refrigerator door and kitchen cabinets, somber investigators and newspapers strewn across the floor to seemingly mitigate any mess.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Video and images on social media show the distress and disarray on the plane, with passengers speaking over one another as food and meal trays are strewed throughout the cabin.
—Lauren McCarthy, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Social media posts show food and beverages strewn about the cabin on the plane.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
The black-and-white news footage, archived by the state, depicts a grisly scene: a bloody refrigerator door and kitchen cabinets, somber investigators and newspapers strewn across the floor to seemingly mitigate any mess.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
Video and images on social media show the distress and disarray on the plane, with passengers speaking over one another as food and meal trays are strewed throughout the cabin.
—Lauren McCarthy, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strew
Verb
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Other footage from inside the mall showed damaged walls in the aftermath of the blast, with water spraying from broken pipes.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2025
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But those perfect plants don’t grow that way without assistance; they are sprayed routinely with fungicides and insecticides, especially organophosphates, which kill insects by interfering with their nervous systems.—
Maryn McKenna,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2025
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Pour remaining egg mixture over top and sprinkle with sliced almonds.—
Anna Theoktisto,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2025
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Oh, and there are a few men sprinkled in here and there, too.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Feb. 2025
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Inside the cafe area, farmhouse tables are flanked by an open kitchen dotted with cookbooks and produce.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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The Canyon de Chelly National Monument, on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona, encompasses 83,000-odd acres of sandstone peaks and plateaus towering above waterways dotted with pines, junipers, aspens and cottonwoods.—
Alastair Lee Bitsóí,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2025
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McFadden peppered both sides with questions during arguments over a lawsuit the AP filed Friday saying that its 1st Amendment rights were being violated by the ban, which began gradually two weeks ago.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Less than 24 hours after Smart’s trade from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Washington Wizards became official, youngsters Bilal Coulibaly and Bub Carrington peppered him with questions about how to become better defenders.—
Josh Robbins,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Strew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strew. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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