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But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Gala goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir could only parry Khephren Thuram's powerful header into the path of the onrushing Koopmeiners, who tapped in the leveller just a minute later.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 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

Moving to his left, Smith got both hands to the ball, only to parry in the direction of the slips, who could not grab the rebound.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

I started off fast from the on-guard line, accelerating to a fast lunge around Brandon’s premeditated parry.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

The two players traded taunts and parries, their lines racing around each other like a pair of squirrels.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022

Omundson parries: “As soon as you said you liked ‘Pysch,’ I knew you were a great man.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2021

The Obayifo is counting on that, though—it easily dodges my jabs and parries my swipes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

He parried worries about this World Cup with a groovy encouragement:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

He often appeared relaxed during the gubernatorial debates, at points even complimenting or joking with his rivals as they parried on stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 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

Annabeth parried away a stinger with the flat of her blade.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Fifty minutes into her deposition, after parrying questions and defending herself against the court's doubts, Mamta's composure faltered for the first time.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025

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

Upon entering a cavernous room, its barely lit cobblestones reflecting a sickly green, you are charged by a towering beast that can be overcome only through a punishing sequence of precise dodges and parrying.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

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

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