• Our correspondent said the plane broke up on impact, scattering debris and passengers' belongings across an area the size of a football pitch.

    BBC: Aftermath of the plane crash near Abuja airport in Nigeria

  • Every year on the Feast of St Michael, the townspeople propitiate the sea spirits by solemnly burning a boat and scattering its ashes on the water.

    BBC: Sailing in Croatia

  • The plane came down during bad weather in the village of Hussain Abad on the outskirts of Islamabad on Friday evening, scattering debris over a wide area.

    BBC: Pakistan begins new plane inspections after crash

  • As the king danced with one of the guests, a newly married noblewoman named Caterina Quirini, his buckle caught a string of pearls that adorned the belt of her dress, scattering them on the floor.

    NPR: Book Traces Family Suffering from Deadly Insomnia

  • If you volunteer with three nonprofit organizations, select the most meaningful one, focus on it, and stop scattering your attention among all three.

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  • The camp, which he bought from the Molson family in 2000, is a scattering of four white clapboard buildings on 5, 000 acres at the mouth of the little-known Godbout River.

    FORBES: The Other Bronfman

  • Usually the scattering of energy is considered a nuisance -- whether driving in fog or poor reception from a cell phone tower -- and most techniques either try to avoid it (by turning on fog lights) or reduce the impact of scattering (by selecting energy for the phone only from direct paths).

    CNN: A camera that can see around corners

  • The many verses don't yield one tidy, linear tale: As happens on several of his new songs, Dylan free-associates, scattering disparate notions wildly and then seeking meaning in the array.

    NPR: As Dylan Walks, His Mind Wanders

  • But there have been a scattering of other, less-publicised attacks over the years on both military and civilian planes.

    ECONOMIST: The shoulder-held threat | The

  • The French may profess satisfaction at scattering Ansar Dine, thanks to months of painstakingly compiled intelligence on the group's bases.

    CNN: Six reasons events in Mali matter

  • The scattering changed the momentum of the electrons in a way that depends on their original orbital position.

    ECONOMIST: Small-scale physics

  • Sao Paulo (CNN) -- A Brazilian woman has confessed to shooting her husband, dismembering him and scattering the parts in a wooded area outside Sao Paulo, police said on Wednesday.

    CNN: Police: Brazilian woman kills, dismembers husband

  • In the crowd there's a scattering of tats, beanies and sculpted beards that you might think belong more on Occupy Wall Street than a Republican rally.

    BBC: Iowa Republican votes still up for grabs

  • And on a postcard balanced on the edge of the table, in pencil, he scribbled a few hurried words to me, scattering exclamation points and expressing his delight and his love for the world.

    NEWYORKER: See the Other Side

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