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parapet

[par-uh-pit, -pet] / ˈpær ə pɪt, -ˌpɛt /


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The post included a photo of the actor’s recently released memoir, “You With the Sad Eyes,” and a coffee mug resting on what appears to be a home parapet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

In the most superficial way, the addition is a contextual match for the main house—it is white, and it is a similar height, with a cornice and a matching parapet.

From Slate • Aug. 5, 2025

His opposite number at McLaren, Zak Brown, is the only other big player to put his head above the parapet on this issue.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2024

Its boxlike modernistic style is defined by recessed spandrels, unadorned vertical piers, gently set back parapet pillars, and a vocabulary of French Art Deco and Celtic ornament at both base and crown.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

Looping the rope’s end around the old water-butt that had been the ferret’s drum, she sprang inside, calling up to the parapet, “Haul away, Constance.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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