parallel
Example Sentences
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The image draws parallels between Khamenei, his father and Imam Ali, a figure who is deeply revered by Shia Muslims.
Every president since has challenged Iran over concerns about Gulf shipping, but President Ronald Reagan faced the closest parallel to today’s Hormuz shutdown during what was called the tanker war in the late 1980s.
McCullum is now faced with a rebuild that has strong parallels to the situation he inherited four years ago.
From BBC
The presumed disappearance of the Maya had no parallel.
Outside Haarlem the bus took the south road, paralleling the sea.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
