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extends (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of extend (out)

as in sticks out

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The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Bachmeier’s jersey number sticks out at a position in which almost everyone wears a number in the teens or single digits.

— Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2026

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By the 2030s, as temperatures warm, the study projects that around 70% of Florida’s population is likely to have a chance of getting West Nile nine months out of the year.

— Kylee Rae Noel, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
With demand for advice also growing, the firm projects a shortfall of roughly 100,000 advisors by 2034 unless the industry finds ways to serve more clients.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

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Long Beach’s peninsula is a narrow spit of land that juts out between Alamitos Bay and the Pacific Ocean.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
There are also the pristine stretches of sand around Cape Peninsula, a rocky mountain that juts into the sea, including a large colony of African penguins on Boulders Beach, the surfers’ paradise of Llandudno, and nudist-friendly Sandy Bay.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Aug. 2026

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Antinous attempts to shrug off the token’s return, but seemingly recognizes it, and realizes in full that Odysseus has returned for revenge when the man strings his bow.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
From Key Largo to Key West, the Overseas Highway strings the islands together like beads, running past lighthouses, underwater coral reef parks, and across the postcard-worthy Seven Mile Bridge.

— Sarah Rose, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2026

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