obtrude
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The amount of stuff accumulating began to reach out from behind the store and obtrude into plain view; the amount of stuff disappearing from their properties was increasing.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
But a producing interest can obtrude on the artistic process by imposing artificial deadlines and prioritizing the needs of the theater over the work itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2022
No such doubts obtrude upon the archaic fantasy world set up by the writers in the catalog to this show.
From Time Magazine Archive
When you are asked anything about Christian Science, and your own healing, if you are able, answer any questions quietly and courteously, but never obtrude the subject on anyone; or bring it forward voluntarily.
From A Soldier's Son by Butler, Maude M.
Philosopher as he was, it was hardly likely that such a consideration should obtrude at this moment.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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