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Verb
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Authorities were alerted after witnesses spotted small fingers sticking out of the trailer's back door.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026 -
This is small, beaver-dam-laden water with a sandy composition, and a few years ago, Kozminski caught a glimpse of something irregular sticking out of the sand.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Scheiber is skeptical of forecasts projecting mass white-collar displacement in 18 months.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Some league reporters/analysts have been projecting interior defensive line to the Pats in Round 1 (McDonald, Banks).—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Extending (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extending%20%28out%29. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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