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To be fair to Meta and Zuckerberg, NDAs and backroom deals are par for the course in the data center boom.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

They signed the Center for AI Safety letter warning their industry poses an “extinction risk” on par with nuclear war.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

But those companies were still advised by authorities to cap overtime at 45 hours each month, with that guidance considered on par with regulation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

When he finished at 17-under par, eight strokes clear of second place, he became just the fifth player in the past 40 years to record multiple career victories by that wide of a margin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

It took a little while to bring it up to par, and I had to disable some alarms on the suit.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

This is a photo that came to mean more once Sir Nick Faldo had completed a grinding round of 18 pars to win his first major at the 1987 Open Championship.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

Jeeno, the defending champion, reeled off nine birdies and nine pars in a flawless second round at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, to move to 14 under at the halfway stage.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

A bogey on No. 6 was followed by two pars and three consecutive birdies that stretched the margin to six.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

Volatility matters too—because of the format, a player who birdies half the holes and bogeys the other half can be more valuable than someone who cards 18 pars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2025

Then he used his frontalis, pars lateralis, to raise the outer half of his eyebrows.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Making his tournament debut, Bridgeman carded four birdies on the back nine, the last at No. 17, to pull even with McIlroy at five under and parred the 18th.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

When play resumed, Korda had a three-stroke lead over South Korea's Amy Yang, who parred 17 and 18 on Sunday to seize second on 206 with a closing 69.

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Griffin had piled on the pressure with birdies on the 15th, 16th and 17th to close within one of his playing partner but could not find another as MacIntyre safely parred the last three holes.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024

After bogeying the first hole, Kim parred the next five before back-to-back-to-back birdies at seven, eight and nine.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

Compare the past participles osed, 971, mixed, 2533, parred, 2439, gadred, 2577; reft, 1367, wend, 2138, hyd, 1059; told, 1036, sold, 1638, wrouth = wrout, 1352.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Exhibit A: Jim Furyk After parring the 18th hole, Pampling was just hoping his score would get him into a playoff.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2021

After parring 15, he knocks in a 12-footer for birdie on No. 16 to take a three-shot lead with two holes to go.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 29, 2020

Kelly shot 65, also parring the final two holes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2018

When it was Spieth’s turn, he started slowly, making a birdie on the first hole but then parring the next three holes before making birdies at Nos.

From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2015

He hit every fairway after that, picking up that crucial birdie at No. 14 and parring his way home.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2014