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Recent Examples of strew
The photos show multiple treatment towers with charred walls, their interiors burnt out and strewn with garbage.
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Chris Looft, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
Her poems are strewn with festivity.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Photographs from the scene showed a red helicopter upside down in the middle of the highway strewn with wreckage as first responders treated the injured.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Several piles of pallets were strewn at different points in the alley, which has a constant smell of trash and grease.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
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Chris Looft, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2025
Her poems are strewn with festivity.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Photographs from the scene showed a red helicopter upside down in the middle of the highway strewn with wreckage as first responders treated the injured.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Several piles of pallets were strewn at different points in the alley, which has a constant smell of trash and grease.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strew
Verb
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Working on one window at a time, spray the solution generously over the entire surface.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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The fence corners are clean, so are the ditches, and the fruit trees have been pruned and sprayed.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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It can be sprinkled on infested carpet to quickly exterminate any present carpet beetles, then vacuumed up after two hours.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Kevin O’Connell will no doubt endeavor to get McCarthy off to a strong scripted start, and the Minnesota game plan from there should be centered around easy completions with the occasional big-time throw sprinkled in.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The kitchen towels have an orange and white gingham pattern dotted with dainty pumpkins.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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In any case, this costume would probably go over best with a crowd of theater kids and/or people who are annoying about movies, also known as the exact Venn Diagram that is the staff of Them dot us.—
James Factora,
Them.,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Oilers effectively peppered the Canucks netminder, landing 37 shots on goal, to just 15 for Vancouver.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Kuminga scored 13 points on 5 of 8 shooting, overwhelming defenders at the rim with his athleticism, and peppering in a slick catch-and-shoot jumper from the short corner for three points.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Strew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strew. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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