as in blow
a sudden brief rush of wind
a cold scud sent leaves skittering down from the trees
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Recent Examples of scud
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scud
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Initially, the potential loss of that would be a pretty big blow.Jason Parham, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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As such, this will likely be a blow because the country accounted for 50% of global oil demand growth between 2000 and 2023, averaging an annual increase of 518,000 bpd, according to the Energy Institute's 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy.Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Hezbollah has been a major roadblock, scuttling votes by walking out of the chamber.Dayana Iwaza, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as Inca City near the Red Planet's south pole.Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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In one, five women in white hanbok, carrying bundles of white laundry on their heads, form a tight, diagonal spiral (in response to gusts of wind?) against dark fields of grass and cropland.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
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The National Weather Service said that the chance for moderate winds, with gusts of up to 50 mph, will rise to 50% on Monday and 60% on Tuesday, with a 10% chance of strong winds up to 70 mph on both days.Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Occasionally one scurried in circles around a disabled vehicle, a utility pole or the trunk of a tree.C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Collectors have been scurrying to find what are now known as tax scam records ever since.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2024
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Yet, a rare recent cold snap has seen residents of the kingdom’s capital throwing on extra layers and enjoying the cool winter breeze.Jay Ganglani, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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The wind mode, however, adjusts to the breeze and neutralizes the crackle.PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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Spence, a half-time substitute, saved Spurs, darting forward into the box, latching onto a Dejan Kulusevski pass and scoring the equaliser.Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Mid-sentence, Hambly’s gaze suddenly darted toward a critter on the ground.Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Across the country, police have for decades been pressed into crisis response duty during wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes.Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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Lund described the fire tornado as a response to the weather rather than its own event.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Another marmoset scampered down a branch and stopped suddenly to look at us.Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
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On a two-play drive, fullback Bob Apisa (who scored the only touchdown in the earlier meeting) scampered the final 38 yards to pull Michigan State within eight.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Scud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scud. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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