jut
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The domes of mosques jut into the air alongside church spires.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
Four massive concrete slabs jut into the room at second-story level, a move that is meant to celebrate structure—the museum’s director calls them “internal flying buttresses.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
In particular, they studied disruptions in the pedestal called ballooning instabilities: bulges of plasma that jut out, like the end of a long balloon when squeezed.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
Billboards promising easy immigration to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK jut out through ample mustard fields.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024
The air seemed to be charged with his uncontrollable fury — every hair on the tiger seemed to jut like sharp spikes, and his teeth and eyes glittered like the cutting edge of a knife.
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
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She looks up, eyes following every square inch of the structure until the point where it juts past the clouds and into the dark atmosphere above, beyond where she can see.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
To cross into Ceuta, many swam around a small border barrier that juts out into the Mediterranean.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Ardvrek is on a small peninsula that juts out into Loch Assynt near Inchnadamph in the north west Highlands.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Take the stairs at the end of the parking lot to Bluff Park and Salt Creek Beach Park, then hike along the shore past a paved roadway that juts onto the beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
He juts his jaw down at her and says, “Say it to me again.”
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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The ferry had tilted backwards, its stern sinking into the sea bed while its bow jutted into the sky like a blade.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Two more horns jutted out from above its eyes.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 20, 2024
As the four-seater Cessna climbed from the airstrip behind Meyer’s home, roofs of submerged dairy and poultry farms jutted out from underneath the seeming ocean of grayish-blue water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Their carcasses jutted from the surface like half-submerged stones, dotting the shoreline.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2023
It had no sail, just a single bare mast that jutted up mid-ship, a daggerlike tower that cut through the curtains of steam.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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The seven-square mile enclave on a peninsula jutting into the Strait of Gibraltar has been Spanish since 1580.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
But Emerald Bay is gate-guarded, accessible only to residents, and its half-mile stretch of golden sand is bordered by the cliffs of two jutting points, geographically cutting off public access via other beaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The ornate stone balconies of the decaying colonial townhouses jutting above your head are liable to collapse at any moment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
And then there are the rectangular prisms jutting out of the floor, standing 20 feet apart from the last, with LED screens blasting clips from the movie into viewers’ subconscious.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
It was down Honey Lane in the angle of a jutting wall near Black Friars entry.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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