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obtrude

[uhb-trood] / əbˈtrud /
VERB
thrust outward
Synonyms


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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

Even by the early 20th century it is difficult to find specific references to a swimming suit in women’s magazines; only occasionally does a concern with swimming obtrude into the traditional descriptions of bathing dress.

From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.

The difference between this and Sandhurst is that at the latter the mines obtrude themselves everywhere.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard