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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

The train struck debris from a landslide on the track, derailed, and collided with a bridge parapet.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 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

So without speaking, we gazed over the parapet to the fields and hills beyond Elsinore.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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