parapet

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Recent Examples of parapet Meanwhile, a parapet would stand at 28 feet 6 inches and the skylight would be at 29 feet 1 inch. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 Then, as the credits sequence continues through the creative team, things get more ominous: Monkeys assemble together, climbing the parapets, even as someone tries to hold them off (?) with a spider. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025 The fire caused damage to the parapet wall along the northbound portion. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024 The episode begins with the accidental killing of Sylvie, who falls from the parapet after escaping captivity and attempting to warn the villagers about the danger to Laurent. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for parapet
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Noun
  • Visitors flooded in to walk the ramparts, reenact scenes, and snap selfies.
    Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 7 May 2025
  • But now, with the NCAA having mostly abandoned those ramparts of the debate, these same athletes became an inconvenience to resolving three antitrust cases that have threatened the future of its commercial enterprise.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Nowadays, more than 10 million people come and marvel at the fortification.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Apr. 2025
  • But the British inhabitants of St. Augustine still worried about attacks by the Spanish — hence the fortifications, according to numerous historical accounts.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The 15th-century Inca citadel may be a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a modern wonder of the world, visited by more than 1.4 million people last year, but there are many ways to experience it.
    Forbes Staff, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Named after its placement on the citadel mound of Kuyunjik, the North Palace is thought to have been completed around 643 BCE—and then burnt down not long after, in 612 BCE, when Nineveh was sacked by the Babylonians.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025

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“Parapet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parapet. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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