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

The train struck debris from a landslide on the track, derailed and collided with a bridge parapet.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023

She crouched beside the parapet and trailed her hot hand in the limpid water, letting the tinkle and splash of the fountain make her mind a harmless blank.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

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

Seven towers, Ned had told her, like white daggers thrust into the belly of the sky, so high you can stand on the parapets and look down on the clouds.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin