parapet
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But in an authoritarian state this is putting your head above the parapet.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 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
Its boxlike modernistic style is defined by recessed spandrels, unadorned vertical piers, gently set back parapet pillars, and a vocabulary of French Art Deco and Celtic ornament at both base and crown.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
So without speaking, we gazed over the parapet to the fields and hills beyond Elsinore.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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