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protruding

[proh-troo-ding, pruh-] / proʊˈtru dɪŋ, prə- /


ADJECTIVE
jutting
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A huge flag is draped across the rutted pillars protruding from the ruins like concrete teeth.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

An AFP photograph showed a red area with several brownish scabs protruding above his shirt collar on the right side of the neck of the 79-year-old president, the oldest ever elected.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

As a result, it remains a ruin—a mostly standing skeleton with steel rebar protruding from mangled concrete walls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

Hidden behind each protruding eye are two long, spiraled optic nerves -- a configuration not documented in any other lizard species.

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025

It’s ugly, all right, a big rodent with a fuzz of mottled gray fur and two wicked-looking gnawing teeth protruding over its lower lip.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins




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