parallel park
verb
parallel parked; parallel parking; parallel parks
: to park a car, truck, etc., so that the longer sides of the vehicle are parallel to the side of the road
parallel parking
noun
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How to parallel park Parallel parking can be broken down into several steps, according to driving-tests.org.
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Olivia Munson, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
For more than a decade, Ford Lincolns have been able to parallel park themselves, but in recent software updates, Ford discovered that almost no one has ever used the feature.
—Carlton Reid, Wired News, 8 Nov. 2025
The southbound strip of Euclid, between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue, is prone to rush hour traffic, raising concerns of collisions, councilmembers said, especially as drivers often abruptly stop in the midst of traffic to parallel park.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Styles has kept a relatively low profile since wrapping his Love on Tour tour in July 2023, popping up at random places to run marathons, watch the Pope get sworn in, strolling around New York City with Zoe Kravitz, and even helping (and failing) a woman parallel park her car.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
The Guinness World Record for tightest parallel park is 2.95 inches of clearance, performed by a stunt driver in a Fiat 500.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
This allows the Blackbird demonstrator to have unmatched maneuverability; imagine a vehicle that can take off and land vertically, move sideways, brake mid-air and even parallel park.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Next easiest, for cars, is parking—today’s best systems will even parallel park.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2012
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Olivia Munson, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
For more than a decade, Ford Lincolns have been able to parallel park themselves, but in recent software updates, Ford discovered that almost no one has ever used the feature.
—Carlton Reid, Wired News, 8 Nov. 2025
The southbound strip of Euclid, between Edinger Avenue and Warner Avenue, is prone to rush hour traffic, raising concerns of collisions, councilmembers said, especially as drivers often abruptly stop in the midst of traffic to parallel park.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
Styles has kept a relatively low profile since wrapping his Love on Tour tour in July 2023, popping up at random places to run marathons, watch the Pope get sworn in, strolling around New York City with Zoe Kravitz, and even helping (and failing) a woman parallel park her car.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
The Guinness World Record for tightest parallel park is 2.95 inches of clearance, performed by a stunt driver in a Fiat 500.
—Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
This allows the Blackbird demonstrator to have unmatched maneuverability; imagine a vehicle that can take off and land vertically, move sideways, brake mid-air and even parallel park.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Next easiest, for cars, is parking—today’s best systems will even parallel park.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 July 2012
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“Parallel park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parallel%20park. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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