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parapet

[par-uh-pit, -pet] / ˈpær ə pɪt, -ˌpɛt /


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Potential applications include concrete pavements, highway parapet walls, and sewer pipelines.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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 an incredible moment of valour, within the chaos and madness, Laidlaw tore off his own gas mask, climbed up on the parapet and started playing the pipes.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

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

Leaning across the parapet, Constance and her friends watched the panic-stricken animals descending.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

He learned not just about poses, pastrami and parapets, but about me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It includes work on the parapets, joints and surfacing.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 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

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

They gust down the slope of the roof, skitter across the parapets, stick flat in tidal eddies down on the beach.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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