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been scattering
verb
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
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Dozens of other families from his church have similarly been scattering.
Eventually, she'll get around to chomping the windfall apples from the school's abundant orchard that year 10 pupils Joseph Stevens and Craig Pears have been scattering about her paddock.
The universe's primordial photons, which had previously been scattering chaotically off the electrically charged protons, electrons and alpha particles now imprisoned in the newly formed atoms, were thereby set free.
And Cuba's beleaguered self-employed businesses are shrinking in number, hurt by regulations designed to prevent their operators "getting rich .The last period when Cuba and the United States exchanged friendly gestures ended in 1996, after Cuba shot down two light aircraft, killing four Cuban-Americans who had been scattering leaflets over Havana.
It is no wonder gossip rags have been scattering to shatter the couple's positive image as they celebrate yet another year in matrimony.
For the past ten months, a 68-year-old grandfather has allegedly been dropping loads of his grandkid's dirty diapers across the state's roadways and when cops finally caught up to him last weekend, he apparently admitted that he's been scattering the shit because, you know, it's pretty funny, USA Today reports.
Similar(54)
There have been scattered exceptions.
"We've been scattered for so long.
There is scattered evidence.
shops are scattered.
Dining arrangements are scattered.
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