parallel
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The result was the formation of "cloud streets," long, parallel bands of clouds aligned with the wind.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
“It is like he’s several different people, or has been,” said journalist and author Catherine Nixon Cooke, whose book “Dodgers to Damascus: David Lesch’s Journey from Baseball to the Middle East” traces those parallel lives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
It’s an inexact parallel, if it’s any kind of parallel at all.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
Financial-disclosure frameworks at the Securities and Exchange Commission, and parallel regimes across the European Union and U.K., treated these damage projections as credible scientific findings deserving regulatory weight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
The pole holders reach their spots and assemble the poles in parallel lines on the floor.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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