parallel to
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The Iran war could be a good parallel to that.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
In an axial flux motor, the electromagnetic field is parallel to the motor’s axis of rotation, instead of perpendicular in a conventional electric motor.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Wall squats involve putting your back against a wall and lowering down into a sitting position using your hips until the thighs are parallel to the ground.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Residents resorted to burying the bodies just outside school grounds; more than 20 graves run parallel to the school’s outer wall, each marked with a broken cinder block.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The redwood had no branches for about twenty feet above the roots, so he was able to pull the alder parallel to the trunk.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
