parallel to
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Cruise’s character is an intentional parallel to his own cinema-championing schtick, an actor who believes every scene he’s in should carry some semblance of the truth.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
“I feel like there’s a direct parallel to all of this in the private markets,” said the investor best known for calling the U.S. housing bust in 2007.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Agathe Chateau Frilloux sprinted down a long road parallel to the Champs Elysee, her daughter and son running close behind, only just making it to their designated gate before the set cut-off time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
“Valkyrie” explores as well how all these mortal lives ran in parallel to those of supernatural women—figures that included goddesses, the mysterious Norns and the mythic warriors of the book’s title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
So the paths of light rays in the event horizon had always to be moving parallel to, or away from, each other.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
