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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtrusions
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By Mark Gurman | Bloomberg Apple’s first foldable phone is on track to arrive during the company’s normal iPhone launch period later this year, people with knowledge of the matter said, rebutting concerns about major manufacturing snags.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026 -
But a redevelopment plan for at least one of those schools, North Fork Elementary, could face some snags.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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These puffs are flavored with Gruyere, dry mustard, and cayenne.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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That’s where portable dry shampoo formulas—especially puffs—really shine, by streamlining the entire experience.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2026
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Simple and stylish, this small microwave uses classic dial control knobs to set the timer up to 35 minutes and adjust the cooking power.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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There’s no flavoring your instrument outside of its own knobs or pre-amp, nor is there any gain to get overdrive.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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My reverence for feelings is precise, forensic even, but for me facts are malleable things, little blobs of cold clay waiting to be warmed up and shaped.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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The effect of all these wildly inventive choices is of a splintered consciousness — and of an image that’s been photocopied so many times its pixels have become blobs.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2026
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School board members voted to implement the pay bumps at a special meeting Thursday, scheduled after Tuesday’s vote on the district’s ballot measure, which was pitched as a way to raise district employee pay.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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This is an excellent way to secure your personal item to a larger suitcase while protecting it from the bumps and scuffs that come with travel.—
Nathan Allen,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2026
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Her office released a report last month critical of the design and placement of speed humps and bumps.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Woodland doesn’t have any skid plates or other off-road gear, but precise control of the motors’ generous torque output provided excellent traction on the steep trail and over hollows and humps Toyota created to demonstrate the SUV’s capability.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has a flood warning in effect for the Muskegon River, along with additional river sections in West Michigan.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Some sections of the track, which will use existing streets, roads and sections of the air station tarmac, will be repaved.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Obtrusions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtrusions. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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