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parapet

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


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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

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

From BBC • Jan. 26, 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

Out of the eastward door Sam could see him now by the parapet, panting, his left claw clenching and unclenching feebly.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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