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poke out



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Saltires won't droop down hotels or poke out car windows, McGinn's name won't keep them up at night and cones will no longer land on any statues.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Her advice: Use 12-inch wooden labels that will poke out from the contents, instead of the smaller ones, for an easy-to-read map of what’s where.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

The ghostly remains draw swirling schools of fish, and a propeller and boilers poke out of the sand.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

It will be installed at tiny Kinngait airport, where each arrival is a boisterous family reunion and babies poke out from their mothers’ amauti, or parkas, like hatchlings in a nest.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022

Not like mine, which poke out at all the wrong angles in places.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle




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