obtrusions

plural of obtrusion

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Noun
  • The federal government’s relationship with Anthropic, one of the major US AI companies, has hit other snags, as well.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
  • The material hasn’t suffered any rips or snags, and the dust and dirt it’s collected is easy to wash off.
    Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
  • Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • If the accretion disk puffs up in just the right way, the incoming gas can overwhelm the radiation pressure.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Elevate your celebration sliders by serving them on cheese puffs instead of bread.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Climate controls are operated via knobs below the center of the dashboard.
    Sara Lacey, The Drive, 25 June 2026
  • In this case, regulation can be more responsive to nuances of context, and the regulatory knobs are tunable rather than being just on/off.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • The part of his consciousness focusing on tactics directed two of the drop-drones into the blobs of foam that fizzed away on the balcony floor.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Yeah; a lot of it was language blobs.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • As viewers know, her journey to get to happily ever after was filled with a lot of bumps in the road, as well as another suitor, William Ryder (Laurie Davidson).
    Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 27 June 2026
  • Wheeler grinned before Hill exchanged high-fives and chest bumps with right fielder Brandon Marsh.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • In fact, while sand traps aren’t overabundant, elevation changes, natural grass humps and, yes, some sand does challenge you most every hole.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
  • Her office released a report last month critical of the design and placement of speed humps and bumps.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Most technology platforms and banks have specific sections on their websites that provide advice on best practices, safety tips and channels for reporting suspicious or criminal behavior.
    Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • To help identify which aspects to comment on, Ginexi provides a helpful breakdown of the different sections of the OMB’s proposal.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
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“Obtrusions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtrusions. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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