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obtrude

[uhb-trood] / əbˈtrud /
VERB
thrust outward
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The amount of stuff accumulating began to reach out from behind the store and obtrude into plain view; the amount of stuff disappearing from their properties was increasing.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

But a producing interest can obtrude on the artistic process by imposing artificial deadlines and prioritizing the needs of the theater over the work itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022

No such doubts obtrude upon the archaic fantasy world set up by the writers in the catalog to this show.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have never been anxious under any circumstances to obtrude my opinions on the public.

From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by Holyoake, George Jacob

Having shepherded him to the fold, it was evidently no part of his duty to obtrude himself till further orders.

From The Duke Decides by Hill, Headon




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