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protrude

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To thrust forward; to drive or force along.

To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.

To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.

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Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self. Jerzy Kosinski

His eyes popped Source: Internet

His stomach bulged after the huge meal Source: Internet

His sharp nose jutted out Source: Internet

A single rock sticks out from the cliff Source: Internet

A reinforced concrete column is extended by having the steel reinforcing bars protrude a few inches or feet above the top of the concrete, then placing the next level of reinforcing bars to overlap, and pouring the concrete of the next level. Source: Internet

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