parallels
Example Sentences
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There are lots of parallels between these two stories: family members getting separated from loved ones, then turning to the courts, specifically to habeas corpus petitions, to claim that the separation is unlawful.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
“There are some parallels here that I think we need to think about because you always want the caboose going fast, slower than the front of the engine, and that’s not what’s happening,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
If true, it has parallels with the Garrincha situation, with presidential intervention involved to make sure the Brazil winger was not suspended.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
For Ramos, a lab technician trainee in Connecticut, the cinematic parallels hit close to home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Although the parallels listed above should be enough to give anyone pause, there are a number of other, less obvious, similarities between mass incarceration and Jim Crow that have not been explored in earlier chapters.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
