Example Sentences

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People in Wad Madani, south-east of Khartoum, are "scattering in different directions", an aid worker said.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2023

Global central banks are scattering again, propelling a resurgent U.S. dollar to its highest in almost two years against China's yuan and back through parity against the euro.

From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2022

It’s all because “the way the particles are scattering the light from the sun that gives us the distribution of color in the sky.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2022

Fallon’s dress is black and white again, which Ms. Markworth-Pollack calls one of her “Easter eggs for the die-hards,” little surprises that she and the creators are scattering to please fans.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017

Already the sudden storm is passing, and its fierceness is abating; crowds are scattering homeward, and the sky is beginning to redden over the Yorkshire wolds.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker