parallel to

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The Iran war could be a good parallel to that.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

With rip currents, which are "normally quite a narrow channel of water moving out to sea", Ayers said "competent" swimmers should swim parallel to the shore to get out of the flow.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Residents resorted to burying the bodies just outside school grounds; more than 20 graves run parallel to the school’s outer wall, each marked with a broken cinder block.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Mr. Windolf also notes the ways in which Mr. Dylan’s and the Beatles’ careers ran parallel to each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

I navigated the winding highway as I’d done numberless times before, racing down the Bear River Hill, coasting through the flat stretch parallel to Fivemile Creek.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover