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parallel

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






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Outside Haarlem the bus took the south road, paralleling the sea.

From Literature

Some analysts say a better parallel for a period of higher energy prices would be the 1990 shock from the Persian Gulf War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scientists analyzed both broad patterns of association -- defined by sharks staying within one body length of each other -- and more detailed interactions such as "lead-follow" behavior and parallel swimming.

From Science Daily

In the Gulf today, the parallels are exactly zip.

From The Wall Street Journal

These parallels should remind us that we our deeply interconnected on this planet, and that the “butterfly effect” isn’t just a bad Ashton Kutcher film.

From Salon