parry
Example Sentences
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The Japanese prime minister’s resilience in the face of Chinese pressure could also be instructive to so-called middle powers that are searching for a way to parry pressure from both China and the U.S.
Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow could then only parry another dangerous delivery from the England winger into his own goal before half-time.
From Barron's
The Italian's first major intervention came midway through the first half to parry Dorgu's effort.
From Barron's
“I’m not sure the financial industry can continue to parry this away without giving something up,” he said.
From MarketWatch
The visitors then took the lead five minutes later as Centonze pounced on weak parry by Geronimo Rulli to open the scoring from close range.
From Barron's
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