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jut

[juht] / dʒʌt /


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The domes of mosques jut into the air alongside church spires.

From Barron's Mar. 14, 2026

Four massive concrete slabs jut into the room at second-story level, a move that is meant to celebrate structure—the museum’s director calls them “internal flying buttresses.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

Mauve mountain peaks jut into the azure sky at the horizon.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2024

In particular, they studied disruptions in the pedestal called ballooning instabilities: bulges of plasma that jut out, like the end of a long balloon when squeezed.

From Science Daily May 28, 2024

Half the time I’d pull myself up on the headrest and jut my chin forward so that my face could be next to my dad’s and we’d have the exact same view.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

She looks up, eyes following every square inch of the structure until the point where it juts past the clouds and into the dark atmosphere above, beyond where she can see.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

To cross into Ceuta, many swam around a small border barrier that juts out into the Mediterranean.

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

"It really hasn't been that much of a nuisance, it's juts the way it is," she said.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2025

The inexorable wonder-workings of geology — with a fanciful nod to Poseidon, the god of earthquakes and oceans — created that stunning headland that juts its chin out into the Pacific from Los Angeles County.

From Los Angeles Times May 3, 2024

And she juts hers up at him, eyes directly pointed into his, and says, “If you touch me, I will call the police and they will put you in a cage.”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The ferry had tilted backwards, its stern sinking into the sea bed while its bow jutted into the sky like a blade.

From Barron's Dec. 2, 2025

Acting in “Black Ops 7” was “more technical” than his previous film and TV roles since it required getting used to a boom mic or camera that jutted out in front of him, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

Two more horns jutted out from above its eyes.

From Science Magazine Jun. 20, 2024

Scheffler just looked at his caddie, Ted Scott, the bottom lip slightly jutted as if to say, “Not bad.”

From Seattle Times Apr. 21, 2024

Like crowns, quartz crystals jutted out of the sides and the ceilings and even the ground, which made it difficult to walk on the path.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

The ornate stone balconies of the decaying colonial townhouses jutting above your head are liable to collapse at any moment.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.

From Salon Apr. 20, 2026

“I’m working late ’cause I’m a singer,” she sang as she strutted down a runway jutting onto the arena floor.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2025

A short ride brought me to South Pointe Park and to its pier jutting 450 feet into the aquamarine Atlantic.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

Some creatures were transparent, some had spiky teeth jutting from their jaws, and some wriggled down into the muck.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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