as in pokes
to extend outward beyond a usual point
we spotted the kitten's tail protruding from beneath the dresser
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The brand’s giant green owl mascot dances badly, makes obscure pop culture references and pokes fun at the company’s push notifications.—
Leeron Walter,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
Like his contemporaries, Meyers often pokes fun at the ongoing actions of the president and his administration on Late Night.—
Emlyn Travis Updated,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Formed by the top of a mountain range that juts out of Lake Superior fifty miles north of the Michigan mainland and less than twenty miles from the Canadian shore, the is land is fifty miles long and about five wide.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
28 Aug. 2025
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Turning a dial that juts off the lower spoke on the steering wheel switches you through a pure EV mode, then normal, Sport, and Sport+.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
7 Aug. 2025
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Each October, when the river swells with rainwater, workers pause, move their tools and wares away, and only return once the waters recede.—
Faye Bradley,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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The difference between a story that swells into something bigger than the writer or collapses when the pen is no longer in their hand.—
Ken Polk,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Protrudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protrudes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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