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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

But women's football and sport wouldn't be where it is if no-one put their head above the parapet and ripped up the rule book.

From BBC Nov. 5, 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

Constance stood on the parapet overlooking the road.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Whatever the reasons, the local chapter of the Danish Brotherhood constructed a big, sturdy, multiuse building with handsome parapets outside and handsomer parquet flooring inside.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2024

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 priest was pointing at the Black Wall behind the temple, gesturing up at its parapets, where a handful of armored guardsmen stood gazing down.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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