parapet

Who is willing – and when – to stick their head above the parapet and say they are launching a formal challenge?

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

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

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

The parapet reached almost to my shoulders, so I dragged a folding chair from the stack against the wall, opened it, and climbed onto the precarious seat.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

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

The security protocol signed Tuesday, however, specified that there will be a gap between the spectators and the upper parapets, wide enough for security and rescue services to pass.

From Washington Times ● May 23, 2023

He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke