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Recent Examples of strew
In 2014, Irsay’s addiction again spilled into the public spotlight when he was arrested for driving while intoxicated after police pulled him over and found dozens of pills strewn about his vehicle.
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Flags strewn overhead and portraits on the walls are among props from the films.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Some large trees were brought down leaving roads strewn with broken branches by Monday morning, the reports said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
The Melikians plan to sell most of the objects in the collection, many of which are strewn about their home, to concentrate on fewer but more valuable and significant objects.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Flags strewn overhead and portraits on the walls are among props from the films.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Some large trees were brought down leaving roads strewn with broken branches by Monday morning, the reports said.
—Reuters, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
The Melikians plan to sell most of the objects in the collection, many of which are strewn about their home, to concentrate on fewer but more valuable and significant objects.
—Russ Wiles, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strew
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That's despite calls from agency staff for Kennedy to tone down such rhetoric after a gunman—who was influenced by vaccine misinformation and the vilification of the public health agency—sprayed the CDC campus with over 500 rounds and killed a local police officer last month.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Rather than spraying the formula directly onto her skin, our tester applied it to a cotton round instead.—
Esme Benjamin,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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After years of the NBA largely being split between linear TV networks ABC, ESPN and TNT (with some NBA TV sprinkled in), the new rights deal will be far more streaming-centric.—
John Cassillo,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Raisins are also super easy to sprinkle on yogurt, cereal, and salads, and can find their way into baked goods and even savory dinner dishes like pasta.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
2 Sep. 2025
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The large lobby-level bar is dotted with couches and an open fireplace.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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Unsurpringly, 50 pieces of rodent regularity dotted the floor of the dry storage shed and three rodent droppings under the Frosty machine.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The host Colombia was peppering the Bolivia goalkeeper Carlos Lampe with shots on goal from early on.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Familiar names pepper the script, but characters’ circumstances, identities, and motivations have been significantly altered.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Strew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strew. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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