Example Sentences

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That the three departing MSPs have scattered in different directions underlines the challenge facing Findlay.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

The three Ratliff siblings have scattered to Los Angeles and New York, far from the tropical maladies of Thailand and the third season of “The White Lotus.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2025

Palestinains who fled the city have scattered around southern and central Gaza, most of them living in squalid tent camps.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2024

An estimated 300 members of his flock left the city located in Zaporizhzhia Oblast near Crimea and have scattered since.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

I bend to pick up the shirts, which have scattered all over the street.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar