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In a canyon overlooking Paradise Cove, melted steel beams protrude from a concrete foundation that survived Woolsey.

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Metal rods protrude from the white and pink gauze wrapped around his right leg, where he was shot.

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A 2-year-old wild donkey stumbled alongside her herd in Riverside County — a bright blue arrow protruding from her right side.

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After weeks of the world seeing images of starving children, with distended stomachs and protruding bones, many will feel like the signs that a famine was imminent were a long time coming.

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The other banned advert was for a shirt and the model was said to be in a position that made "protruding" collarbones a "focal feature" of the advert.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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