par
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“I am expecting at this point coastal flooding on par with the kind of flooding we saw in ’82-’83, ’97-’98, ’15-’16.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pocognoli echoed his captain's assessment that Scotland were well below par.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
That score appeared only par but a professional bowling performance limited Sri Lanka's scoring and found regular wickets.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The Kennedy Center’s budget submission for fiscal year 2027 was roughly on par with that of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The opening words of Antony’s funeral oration in Julius Caesar are, covertly, an ethos appeal par excellence: a positioning of the speaker with relation to the crowd.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
This is a photo that came to mean more once Sir Nick Faldo had completed a grinding round of 18 pars to win his first major at the 1987 Open Championship.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
Jeeno, the defending champion, reeled off nine birdies and nine pars in a flawless second round at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, to move to 14 under at the halfway stage.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
A bogey on No. 6 was followed by two pars and three consecutive birdies that stretched the margin to six.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
Volatility matters too—because of the format, a player who birdies half the holes and bogeys the other half can be more valuable than someone who cards 18 pars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2025
Then he used his frontalis, pars lateralis, to raise the outer half of his eyebrows.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
When play resumed, Korda had a three-stroke lead over South Korea's Amy Yang, who parred 17 and 18 on Sunday to seize second on 206 with a closing 69.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
DeChambeau, who started the day two back, parred the first hole to forge the tie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2025
After bogeying the first hole, Kim parred the next five before back-to-back-to-back birdies at seven, eight and nine.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
But McIlroy parred his final two holes to close out victory.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2024
Parred, quotes “ȝe are parred in . . . ȝe are so spered in.”
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
Fox had a late scare at the 17th but managed to limit the damage to just one dropped shot before safely parring the last.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
He had a solid start Sunday, parring the first and third holes, both par-fours, while birdieing the par-five second hole to move to six under for the tournament.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
When it was Spieth’s turn, he started slowly, making a birdie on the first hole but then parring the next three holes before making birdies at Nos.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2015
He hit every fairway after that, picking up that crucial birdie at No. 14 and parring his way home.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2014
I ended up birdieing 14, parring 15, hit a bad drive on 16 and made another bogey, then parred in.
From Golf Digest ● Jun. 9, 2014
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