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Recent Examples of strew
The next day, his platoon retook the position and found Kravitz killed with enemy bodies strewed around his machine gun position.
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Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
Witnesses described a loud boom followed by a chaotic scene, with people screaming in terror and glass strewn along the sidewalk and street.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
By daylight, video footage reviewed by CNN captured the dire scene near the coast, with several bodies strewn in the sand.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Bystanders rushed the men inside, laying them beside other bloodied bodies strewn across the floor.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 2 June 2025
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Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
Witnesses described a loud boom followed by a chaotic scene, with people screaming in terror and glass strewn along the sidewalk and street.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
By daylight, video footage reviewed by CNN captured the dire scene near the coast, with several bodies strewn in the sand.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Bystanders rushed the men inside, laying them beside other bloodied bodies strewn across the floor.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strew
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Videos appears to show an agent taking out a red bottle and spraying it at Hipolito within inches of his eyes, and Hipolito swiping back.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Shotcrete is concrete sprayed at high velocity onto a surface.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Allow cookies to cool completely before sprinkling powdered sugar on the walnut cookies.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2025
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The Steelers also sprinkled in Cover 2 on about 12 percent of snaps (20th) and some other split-field coverages like Cover 6 (quarter, quarter, half).—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Even some of the international prospects who often dotted the late first round and early second are now taking big NIL offers from colleges around the country as their first move to the United States to play basketball.—
Eric Nehm,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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From tortoiseshell stripes to dotted orange patterns, choose the pitcher that speaks to you the most.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
17 June 2025
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The rest of the cast creates a convincing family, given and found, around our hero, and there are details aplenty that help the show stick: Jokes are peppered in consistently enough to recognize each character as much more than a vehicle for exposition.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 June 2025
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The judge peppered Reuveni with questions: How was Abrego Garcia seized?—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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“Strew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strew. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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