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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

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

And now Gilligan, another proud Rangers man and another Rangers investor, has put his head above the parapet.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2024

It was safe to move now; the woodlanders had gone from the parapet.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

A street musician played to lunchtime crowds, and during the holidays, lights festooned the parapets.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

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

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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