as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a "bump"
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Recent Examples of beetle
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
28 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Carver, suggest the name may also refer to beetle larvae emerging from thawing tree bark.
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Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
The Conversation,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
The Quercus alba that is the tree of Orpheus (this for a production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo), but also English oak trees in Johannesburg—all of which are dying because of an infestation of shot-borer beetle.
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Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Verb
Persistent drought has led to beetle infestations in the state’s ponderosa and piñon pine forests.
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Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
28 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Carver, suggest the name may also refer to beetle larvae emerging from thawing tree bark.
—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
If each female cucumber beetle – assuming half are female – had 110 rootworm larvae, the typical brown bat colony would prevent the production of 33 million rootworms.
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The Conversation,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
The Quercus alba that is the tree of Orpheus (this for a production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo), but also English oak trees in Johannesburg—all of which are dying because of an infestation of shot-borer beetle.
—
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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The apartment's one window, protruding from the zinc roof, faces west, putting it in direct sun from midday to dusk.
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All door handles in the ward are metal levers flush with the door, rather than protruding, to prevent patients from using them as ligature points.
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Dylan has access to a variety of them, our favorite being using the giant hammer to smash the Hiss into pieces.
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Police recovered a hammer, box of nails, lighter, cigarette butt, and kerosene bottle cap near the tree and cross after the fire was put out.
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Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.
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The second is a vent which pokes out above your clothes, to move warm air away from you.
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After butterflying the breast, place a piece of plastic wrap or parchment on top and use a meat mallet or small, heavy skillet to pound it to an even thickness.
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Diana held a croquet mallet during a game at Itchenor, West Sussex, as seen in this 1970 portrait.
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Tiny bulging eyes form long before the animal resembles a shark at all and its future face exists only as clusters of migrating cells, slowly organizing themselves into the structures that will eventually become jaws, cartilage and sensory organs.
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The 20-yard screamer deflected off keeper Luca Zidane’s fingertips and bulged the back of the net.
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Jung, who is going into his senior year of high school, said SmartBlink can detect pedestrians using wheelchairs, crutches or canes, too.
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An individual bush can grow up to 15 feet high and 40 feet long, with thick stems, also known as canes, marked by sharp, hooked thorns.
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In the 12th, a combo of sledgehammer rights sent Louis to the canvas for good, his first time being knocked out.
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Video taken at the scene appeared to show bystanders racing over to the crash to help, including two people who used a sledgehammer and a shovel to break into the cockpit.
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Despite losing winger Francesca Granzotto to the sin-bin for a tip tackle, Italy secured victory when the pack walked a maul 15 meters and laid on a try for player-of-the-match flyhalf Veronica Madia with 11 minutes left.
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While many college corners lean on lax officiating to grab and maul, Johnson stays disciplined.
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“Beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beetle. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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