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parapet

[par-uh-pit, -pet] / ˈpær ə pɪt, -ˌpɛt /


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The post included a photo of the actor’s recently released memoir, “You With the Sad Eyes,” and a coffee mug resting on what appears to be a home parapet.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

I thought last night might have been the perfect opportunity for Ben White to put his head above the parapet.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2026

In the most superficial way, the addition is a contextual match for the main house—it is white, and it is a similar height, with a cornice and a matching parapet.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2025

And now Gilligan, another proud Rangers man and another Rangers investor, has put his head above the parapet.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2024

Bernd is up on the parapet with the first transceiver under a poncho.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

As well as the surfaces, the existing edge parapets and central reservation barriers are in poor condition and not compliant with current standards.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2025

I’m mesmerized by a relatively new entrant into this genre: The sight of rooftop pools sloshing over their parapets, raining water onto the streets below.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2025

Whatever the reasons, the local chapter of the Danish Brotherhood constructed a big, sturdy, multiuse building with handsome parapets outside and handsomer parquet flooring inside.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2024

Lorraine Ali, however, climbs the parapets to declare, “I’d like to use this entire space to sing the praises of Matt Smith, who plays the amoral Prince Daemon” in “House of the Dragon.”

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2023

Jason imagined what the palace must have looked like when it was newly built, with Imperial guards walking the ramparts and the golden eagles of Rome glinting on the parapets.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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