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Since trudere means "to thrust" in Latin, protrude means basically "to thrust forward". If your neighbors' patio protrudes over your property boundary, you may want to discuss it with them. A protruding disc in your spine may have to be operated on sooner or later; superficial protrusions, such as corns or bunions, tend to be less serious than more deeply rooted ones.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
Using a nose trimmer shouldn’t hurt as the tool only cuts the overgrowth so hairs don’t protrude out of your nose.
—Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 8 Apr. 2024
In typical Samsung fashion, three individual camera lenses protrude from the top left corner of the smooth, spotted back panel.
—PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
The kindergarten playground, weathered from decades of brutal winters, had turned hazardous; at times, sharp screws protruded from some of the equipment, and kids routinely got splinters from the wooden crossbeams.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
Several dozen ultra-thin threads protrude from the implant; those go directly into the brain.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
The baby was soon diagnosed with giant omphalocele, a birth defect of the abdominal wall, in which abdominal contents protrude into a thin-walled sac outside of the abdominal cavity, according to the NIH.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The result is cascading scales of paint, some protruding and curling subtly from the panels, often in three or four tones.
—Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2024
In an attempt to restore bone that had been cut away in prior surgeries, a surgeon implanted long screws into Schmidt's jaw that protruded downward out of her neck.
—Anna Werner, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Protrude.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protrude. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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