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Close by, under a sign reading, “This is not death,” florists have littered the floor of a marble corridor with coffins, and added flowered casks for good measure.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

In the subsequent weeks, over five tons of uncollected garbage bags have littered the streets and roads of the French capital.

From Washington Times • Mar. 15, 2023

If Monday’s nightmare had been an all-electric affair, they might have littered the highway for miles.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2022

Heavy mudflow and rockfall have littered the roadway, which maintenance crews will work to remove once the heavy rain subsides.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2021

The she-bears are tolerably fat when they are big with young; but after they have littered they quickly become lean.

From History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing by Le Page du Pratz