as in blow
a sudden brief rush of wind
a cold scud sent leaves skittering down from the trees
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Cynthia Zarin, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023
Block’s fans and peers observed him scud around the reaper’s blade at 110 mph ...
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 7 Jan. 2023
Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
Just as the lights went down for the second performance, dark clouds scudded across the moon that shone on the theater.
—Terry Teachout, WSJ, 27 July 2018
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Noun
Pink scud clouds over the bridges, Vauxhall, Lambeth, Battersea, spider-work.
—Cynthia Zarin, The New York Review of Books, 29 June 2023
Block’s fans and peers observed him scud around the reaper’s blade at 110 mph ...
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 7 Jan. 2023
Verb
The movement of cloud silhouettes scudding across the floor of a distant valley tracks the cumulus shapes racing across the dome of sky.
—Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
Just as the lights went down for the second performance, dark clouds scudded across the moon that shone on the theater.
—Terry Teachout, WSJ, 27 July 2018
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“Scud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scud. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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