as in to poke
to extend outward beyond a usual point
we spotted the kitten's tail protruding from beneath the dresser
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Recent Examples of protrude
The problem was that many of them protruded from the front of vehicles like miniature medieval weapons.
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Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Features such as surface roughness and protruding fibers create more sites where particles can stick to the outer surface rather than passing through.
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Sumit Mandal,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
In his right leg, Adin's tibia bone was broken in half and protruded through the skin.
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Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
Elsewhere on the trophy, there are the original rules to soccer, from 1863, which include a proscription on players having nails, iron plates, or gutta-percha—a Malaysian rubberlike material, now used in root canals—protruding from their boots.
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Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Features such as surface roughness and protruding fibers create more sites where particles can stick to the outer surface rather than passing through.
—
Sumit Mandal,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
In his right leg, Adin's tibia bone was broken in half and protruded through the skin.
—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
Elsewhere on the trophy, there are the original rules to soccer, from 1863, which include a proscription on players having nails, iron plates, or gutta-percha—a Malaysian rubberlike material, now used in root canals—protruding from their boots.
—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Calderón, a big, bald man wearing a gold chain and cross-shaped earrings, sat off to the side, amid an entourage of muscular assistants in polo shirts, poking at his phone.
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Find a location with an unobstructed view to the southeast, where the full moon’s orangey disk will poke above the horizon minutes after the moonrise time — though exactly when depends on local terrain and buildings.
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Monday’s home run props will hopefully right the ship and bulge the profits, creating more wiggle room for another drought.
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Schoenaerts menacingly grins his way through the movie, with appealingly bulging eyes.
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This kind of abuse — and the swelling cost of cyberscams to victims around the world — has led to periodic crackdowns.
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Short sessions may help with lower-extremity swelling in otherwise healthy people, and MD Anderson Cancer Center has pointed to low-intensity vibration as potentially useful for cancer patients maintaining bone and muscle health.
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Crimea juts out into the sea, leaving it initially vulnerable to Ukraine’s maritime drones.
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Set the scene Set in a handsome Edwardian building off The Strand, One Aldywch is an arresting presence, not least because of the jutting angle of the front end of its facade (New York's Flatiron will spring to mind).
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“Protrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protrude. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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