parapet
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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
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
They also need leaders willing to put their head above the parapet.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
The building's parapet will be extended and the roofscape will be tidied as part of plans for a rooftop bar overlooking St Andrew Square.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024
Knowing the supply of arrows was not endless, the badger looked to the heaps of rubble and stone along the parapet edges.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
He learned not just about poses, pastrami and parapets, but about me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
As well as the surfaces, the existing edge parapets and central reservation barriers are in poor condition and not compliant with current standards.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 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
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
He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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