double-park
verb
dou·ble-park
ˌdə-bəl-ˈpärk 
double-parked; double-parking; double-parks
: to park (a vehicle) beside a row of vehicles already parked parallel to the curb
: to double-park a vehicle
Examples of double-park in a Sentence
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Two senior law enforcement officials who reviewed video from the Midtown Manhattan office building provided the following account of the gunman’s movements on Monday:
At 6:26 p.m., Tamura double-parked outside 345 Park Avenue.
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John Miller, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
The brazen shooting rocked New York City when gunman Shane Tamura double-parked his BMW and entered the 44-story skyscraper that takes up an entire block from E. 51st St. to E. 52nd St., and whose occupants include the The Blackstone Group, Rudin Management and NFL headquarters.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
On a recent afternoon on Amsterdam Avenue, cars piled up behind an Amazon truck double-parked next to a Mercedes.
—John Surico, Curbed, 9 July 2025
In Mott Haven, in the South Bronx, cars double-park long-term.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
A week after the devastating Eaton fire tore through Altadena, killing 17, with 24 people missing as of this writing, and destroying more than 7,000 structures, cars were double-parked outside Knowhow Shop in Highland Park.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article Two men were shot and wounded by driver annoyed they were double-parked on a Queens street, police said Monday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
The suspect circled the block and then double-parked behind Espinal for several minutes before getting out of the SUV and approaching the victim, Kenny said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Streets are littered with trash, cars are double-parked or left on sidewalks, greenery is sparse, and businesses along the area’s commercial corridor, International Boulevard, are often covered with graffiti.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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John Miller, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
The brazen shooting rocked New York City when gunman Shane Tamura double-parked his BMW and entered the 44-story skyscraper that takes up an entire block from E. 51st St. to E. 52nd St., and whose occupants include the The Blackstone Group, Rudin Management and NFL headquarters.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
On a recent afternoon on Amsterdam Avenue, cars piled up behind an Amazon truck double-parked next to a Mercedes.
—John Surico, Curbed, 9 July 2025
In Mott Haven, in the South Bronx, cars double-park long-term.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
A week after the devastating Eaton fire tore through Altadena, killing 17, with 24 people missing as of this writing, and destroying more than 7,000 structures, cars were double-parked outside Knowhow Shop in Highland Park.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article Two men were shot and wounded by driver annoyed they were double-parked on a Queens street, police said Monday.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
The suspect circled the block and then double-parked behind Espinal for several minutes before getting out of the SUV and approaching the victim, Kenny said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
Streets are littered with trash, cars are double-parked or left on sidewalks, greenery is sparse, and businesses along the area’s commercial corridor, International Boulevard, are often covered with graffiti.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Double-park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-park. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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