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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

Sharp pieces of slate jut out threateningly against the wall of the house, which Ross described as being "like dragon's teeth".

From BBC Feb. 10, 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

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

But I can’t figure out how to jut it forward.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

From Barron's Aug. 1, 2026

Ardvrek is on a small peninsula that juts out into Loch Assynt near Inchnadamph in the north west Highlands.

From BBC Nov. 22, 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

In the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco — a narrow, humid stretch of land where the South American coastline juts out into the Atlantic — fables endure the test of time.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2024

He straightens his shoulders and juts out his chin.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

Vaughan was evacuated from Gaza last month, bidding goodbye to colleagues and patients who were so malnourished their bones jutted from their skin like tent poles.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2025

Two more horns jutted out from above its eyes.

From Science Magazine Jun. 20, 2024

In one apartment, a bed stood feet away from the edge of a floor that now jutted out into the air; in another, a portrait hanging on the wall was visible.

From Seattle Times Dec. 11, 2023

These women carried themselves like queens, chins jutted out defiantly and eyes blazing with confidence, with power.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

People often collect water for cooking from roadside springs and drainage pipes jutting from the hillsides.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

“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

Way off we saw the steep bluffs, dark with trees and jutting with gray stone, that marked the course of the Irati River.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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