strewed

verb

past tense of strew
as in sprayed
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers

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  1. sprayed
  2. sprinkled
  3. dotted
Verb
  • Cooling towers, used for refrigeration and general building cooling, expel building heat into the atmosphere by pulling outside air through warm water from a central chiller that gets sprayed over a fill material.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Fans were launched into the air, beer shimmered in the sunlight as it was sprayed onto fellow fans, and dozens sang, danced and waved Mexican flags.
    — Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026
Definition of sprayed
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  • Though there are monuments and memorials — sidewalk plaques, benches, murals — sprinkled around the globe, there appear to be very few Jackson statues permanently displayed in the United States.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026
  • Disney sprinkled its famous pixie dust on the ship by adding the longest roller coaster at sea, a three-deck-tall castle and an open-air Marvel superhero stunt show.
    — Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of sprinkled
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  • The first thing that hits you at Azuma Farm Koiwai is the fresh, calming smell of hinoki wood, which is layered on the lofty ceilings around the resort, and decorates the handful of quaint cabins that are dotted across its grounds.
    — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 16 July 2026
  • The front line alone is roughly eight hundred miles long, to say nothing of the potential targets dotted across Russia’s enormous landmass.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Definition of dotted
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