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[par-ee] / ˈpær i /


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Columnists Gustavo Arellano, Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria took in all 120 minutes, absorbed every zinger — scripted and otherwise — and dutifully observed each parry and thrust.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

The German chancellor is trying to set a new tone with Beijing to parry pressure from the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

The Japanese prime minister’s resilience in the face of Chinese pressure could also be instructive to so-called middle powers that are searching for a way to parry pressure from both China and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Leon was in action again just before the half-hour mark to parry a close range header from Goncalo Ramos.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

I parry then lunge, my arm stretching for a touch.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Becerra parries by noting as attorney general he sued many of Silicon Valley’s giants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Gavin Bazunu parries, but only straight to Anass Zaroury who buries the rebound first-time for the opener.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024

There were also plenty of parries between the candidates.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

Dr. No parries, in a manner reminiscent of some of our real-life tech billionaires.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

Malaver and his partner drilled us in various jabs and parries.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Morgan Rogers' ball-striking from distance, a strength of his, was parried by Nyland before being tapped home following expert anticipation from Bellingham.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The sequence started with Pedro Porro sending a cross into the box for Dani Olmo, whose shot was parried away by Courtois.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

When I asked Mr. Cornyn about it, he parried the question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

Their defence was unlocked again when Chasity Grant raced behind Liverpool's backline and played in Kirsty Hanson, while Daly added a third when she pounced on a parried save by Kirby.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

The small woman parried and ripped off another strip of cloth.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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

Norway committed bodies forward in the latter stages and registered their first shot on target in the final minute of normal time, Manuela Zinsberger parrying Ildhusoy's shot onto the crossbar.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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’s trying to taunt, trick me with his relaxed, almost sloppy parrying.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes


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