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scuds 1 of 2

noun

plural of scud

as in blows

a sudden brief rush of wind a cold scud sent leaves skittering down from the trees

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verb

present tense third-person singular of scud

as in scuttles

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Noun

Ditka and Ryan had an often adversarial relationship, with the two nearly coming to blows during halftime of the team's only 1985 season loss, to the Miami Dolphins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Even with a human controlling the machine remotely, LaPenna was still trading blows with a heavy metal robot capable of putting real force behind its movements.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

Verb

The agreement follows years of uncertainty over the papers' future and scuttles a rival bid by the owner of the Daily Mail to buy the Telegraph titles.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
This scuttles a compromise, whereby paintings of Lee in his prewar blue Army uniform could remain while the portrait of Lee the secessionist and enslaver came down.

— Time, Time, 5 Sep. 2025

Definition of scuttles

Noun

On Friday, high temperatures across northern California will start to dip into the 90s and 80s as the evening breeze roars in with gusts above 20 mph and higher at elevation, and sit comfortably in the 70s at most by Saturday and Sunday.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight, noting gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph) from the south.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of gusts

Verb

In non-linear fashion, Sorkin’s scenario darts back and forth between 2018, ’19, ’20 and ’21, offering a puzzle that eventually will come all together.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
Sam Levy’s editing likewise darts associatively between these moods, seemingly letting sense memory shape the chronology of proceedings.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of darts

Noun

Winds were also forecast to pick up, with breezes of 5 to 8 mph.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
Blue skies, cool breezes, and plenty of chirping birds are enveloping the comfy Pharmalot campus, which is cause to fire up the coffee kettle for yet another cup of stimulation.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of breezes

Verb

Inside Botánica Santo Tomas in Wilton Manors, store owner Héctor Giovanni Pizarro Santana sweeps the floor as his tiny Chihuahua, Bella, scurries behind him.

— Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, in King’s Landing, Alicent scurries the great halls, desperate to shore up support for her plan to hand Rhaenyra the Red Keep.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of scurries

Noun

The denial comes in a record-breaking year for severe weather in Illinois, which leads the nation with about 212 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service so far this year, according to Pritzker’s office.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Tornadoes An isolated risk for tornadoes will begin Friday night in coastal areas of Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and far southwestern Georgia.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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