obtrusions

noun

plural of obtrusion
as in snags

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  1. snags
  2. swellings
  3. puffs
  4. knobs
  5. blobs
  6. bumps
  7. humps
  8. sections
Noun
  • Efforts to move the games to larger area venues, such as Gas South Arena (around 13,000 seats) and Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion (8,600 seats), have hit snags, according to USA Today.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Gurman claims the foldable is still on track for this fall, despite chatter about manufacturing snags.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of snags
Noun
  • Burls are sound, hard, woody swellings or protrusions that form on the trunks, branches, or roots of trees.
    — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
  • This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026
Definition of swellings
Noun
  • Without authentic longing, and without any bittersweet complexity to the portrait of one social order replacing another, we’re left with little more than puffs of amusement, enough to escalate your mood but bound to fade by morning.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Deutsche Kuche Peanut Puffs A little salty, a little sweet, and extremely addictive, these peanut puffs are the perfect snack.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of puffs
Noun
  • That includes colorblock styling, chunky knobs and physical controls, and simple shapes that make each device memorable and distinctive.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Even the comfort and driving control knobs situated below the phone mount pull out and push back in.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of knobs
Noun
  • OpenAI’s tools also have similar kinds of blobs with large eyes that might be a little endearing.
    — Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The objects looked like fuzzy blobs like comets, but didn't move like a comet.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of blobs
Noun
  • Both Dario Amodei and Daniela Amodei received raises in 2025 and two pay bumps this year.
    — Ashley Capoot,Jordan Novet,Annie Palmer,Lora Kolodny,Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Larson took the white flag in the lead but lost 10 spots after getting shoved out of first on several bumps by Austin Hill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of bumps
Noun
  • Who else to argue with about the last humps of the Slinky Dog Dash ride?
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • On Laurel Street, a short residential thoroughfare, speeds fell from between 25 to 30 mph to less than 20 mph after speed humps were added.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of humps
Noun
  • A couple of sections in the shade, on the home sideline, rose a bit more than 3%.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This is against the backdrop of the French government imposing a curfew and many businesses and some famous tourist attractions shutting down amid the wave of violence that engulfed sections of Paris and other cites around the country.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
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