parrying

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Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

She was very witty and had razor-sharp quips, parrying every attempt at connection with playful defiance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Sels kept Strasbourg in the game by parrying a powerful strike from Lionel Messi in the 89th.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Instead, Thompson won the next 2 points, the last by magically parrying what appeared to be a sure winner with a flip of his paddle.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

He had never been in better form, weighing, parrying, answering the questions.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey