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parallel

[par-uh-lel, -luhl] / ˈpær əˌlɛl, -ləl /






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The case has unfolded alongside a parallel legal offensive from Baldoni, who filed a sweeping $400-million countersuit accusing Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, the New York Times and others of defamation and extortion.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

A parallel danger lurks in the Himalayas and other high mountain areas like the Andes, where melting glaciers have created thousands of new lakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

However, Russ Mould investment director at AJ Bell said comments out of Washington and Tehran seemed to come from "parallel worlds".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

They showed that a single incoming stream of ions could be divided into multiple parallel streams for simultaneous analysis.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

About half a mile to the east, a long strip of land ran parallel to the coastal cliffs.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan