as in to protrude
to extend outward beyond a usual point
houses in the town commonly have second stories that beetle over the ground floors, and the overhang is known as a "bump"
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Recent Examples of beetle
Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
Marie Woodward, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024
Falcone took inspiration from shimmery beetle wings for this autumnal, perfect-for-Thanksgiving-dinner manicure, which can be done with an olive green, like Pop-arazzi in Retro Remix, or even an orange red, like Cirque Colors in Life on Mars.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
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Black-and-yellow taxis beetled along Apollo Bunder, the road in front of the hotel.
—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2023
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Prevention is key to avoiding an Asian lady beetle infestation.
—Marie Woodward, Hartford Courant, 9 Nov. 2024
Falcone took inspiration from shimmery beetle wings for this autumnal, perfect-for-Thanksgiving-dinner manicure, which can be done with an olive green, like Pop-arazzi in Retro Remix, or even an orange red, like Cirque Colors in Life on Mars.
—Allure Editors, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
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In 1970, Smithson traveled to the Great Salt Lake’s Rozel Point peninsula, northwest of Salt Lake City, and arranged 6,000 tons of local black basalt rock into a 1,500-foot-long, protruding line, which reaches into the lake and curls counterclockwise into a spiral.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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The attack was foiled when a Secret Service agent spotted a firearm protruding from the bushes.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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In mid-December, confirmation that Lamine Yamal had succumbed to a right ankle knock picked up in the Champions League was a hammer blow for head coach Hansi Flick and his men.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Like Sonic's own personalized Terminators, the army of Metal Sonics _targets the hero and completely overwhelms him... ...until...a hooded figure wielding a giant hammer bursts out of nowhere and makes quick work of the 'bots.Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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For all the holes that will try to be poked in Penn State’s Playoff resume in the next week-plus, the reality is this group does a lot of things well.Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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The following day, Wilson poked fun at herself on Instagram, posting a video of herself jumping up and down, dancing and squatting in a pair of brown bell-bottoms and a whole new show outfit.Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
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The precursor of the xylophone and marimba, a balafon is made by carefully cutting 21 wooden slats into different lengths, fixing them atop hallow calabashes, and striking them with mallets wound with the gum and sap of a rubber tree.Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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Walker showed me a video of the fingers surviving blows from a mallet.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Problems with blood flow can lead to aneurysms (bulging due to weakness of the aorta's wall) or tearing.Angela Ryan Lee, Health, 28 Dec. 2024
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The unidentified caseworker was described in court documents as having his eyes bulging, drooling and his arm muscles tensing during the attack.Michelle Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
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Hard freezes, ice, and snow will damage or break canes, making plants more susceptible to pests and disease.Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
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The age this particular persona is supposed to represent remains ambiguous in the scene, but the Jackal uses a cane and maintains a sense of frailty in his body, both of which contribute to another visual iteration of geriatric Redmayne.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 17 Aug. 2024
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Three of the crew jumped out of the car and, yet again, used sledgehammers and hammers, to get into a display case.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 12 Dec. 2024
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John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
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Cama’s 7-point try box came in the 74th minute and was a result of the Legion muscling their way to a series of successful scrums, mauls and rucks before Cama punched it over inside the 5-meter line area.Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Beetle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beetle. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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