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Recent Examples of parry
With the score tied 0-0, Lorena leapt to her right to parry a spot kick by Angel City forward Alyssa Thompson in the 56th minute.
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Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
In one instance, Musashi parries one enemy without facing it, and parries another right after, chucking the foe into a nearby torch.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
America’s dream of securing dominance in one of the world’s breadbaskets, home to vast resources and human capital at the expense of Europe and Russia, has been deftly parried.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Every single enemy attack in the game can either be parried or dodged.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
In one instance, Musashi parries one enemy without facing it, and parries another right after, chucking the foe into a nearby torch.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
America’s dream of securing dominance in one of the world’s breadbaskets, home to vast resources and human capital at the expense of Europe and Russia, has been deftly parried.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Every single enemy attack in the game can either be parried or dodged.
—George Yang, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parry
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Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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Ten people involved in the ambush were arrested that night or early the next morning, but Song evaded capture, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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And not to get spoilery, but this book is part thriller, and the need to escape becomes quite literal.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
9 July 2025
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For more than two decades, a special team of Mexican police officers has quietly worked along the northern border to track down and deport foreign fugitives who cross into Mexico to escape criminal charges in their home countries.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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While every Italian city is unique in its own ways, there are a couple of ways to avoid being marked as a tourist on your next trip to sample La Dolce Vita.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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Together, the groups have created a high-tech stage in the upper stands, to avoid potentially damaging the pitch at halftime of such an important game, featuring 40,000 pounds of gear, scenery and structural trusses.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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The honor somehow eluded his son Adam, a consistent slugger with 255 career homers.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Flores-Ruiz briefly eluded the federal immigration arrest inside the courthouse but agents caught up with him outside the building on April 18.—
John Diedrich,
jsonline.com,
7 July 2025
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The attorney general dodged another legal entanglement during the waning days of former President Joe Biden's administration when the Justice Department ended a criminal corruption investigation without filing charges.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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But Maryland has so far dodged the worst of the insurance crisis.—
Scott Cohn,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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Within minutes of the foul ball being deflected, the cameras at Fox (the network airing the game) were trained on Bartman, alternating between live shots of him in the stands and replays of the ball.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
9 July 2025
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High-trust organizations don’t deflect blame or delay communication.—
Brandon Spear,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Parry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parry. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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