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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

They also need leaders willing to put their head above the parapet.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2025

And now Gilligan, another proud Rangers man and another Rangers investor, has put his head above the parapet.

From BBC Sep. 24, 2024

She leaned over the parapet, watching as a young fox approached along the dusty road, bearing a stick with a white rag of truce tied to it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

He learned not just about poses, pastrami and parapets, but about me.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

As well as the surfaces, the existing edge parapets and central reservation barriers are in poor condition and not compliant with current standards.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2025

I’m mesmerized by a relatively new entrant into this genre: The sight of rooftop pools sloshing over their parapets, raining water onto the streets below.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2025

The security protocol signed Tuesday, however, specified that there will be a gap between the spectators and the upper parapets, wide enough for security and rescue services to pass.

From Washington Times May 23, 2023

People, mostly men, leaned over the stone parapets of the raised park that surrounded the library, or walked up and down and bent to drink water from the public drinking-fountains.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin




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