parries

Definition of parriesnext
present tense third-person singular of parry

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Verb
  • Experts who spoke to Flow Space are hopeful that these new approvals will provide the necessary tools to treat a disease that evades treatment by constantly mutating.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Dec. 2025
  • In the film, Sea-Based X-Band Radar detects a missile flying across the Pacific Ocean toward Chicago that later evades interception.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The brand continues to use 100% chrome-free nappa leather, which avoids toxic chemicals used in leather production.
    Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Nwosu’s script likewise avoids pat female-bonding sentiments, attentive to the experiences and worldviews that can still separate women in a man’s world.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • These interactions influence how Earth’s atmosphere slowly escapes into space.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
  • From classic domestic getaways to sunny Caribbean escapes—and even a European city—the list challenges the assumption that travel costs are destined to rise.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Feeling left out and trapped, Shirin, on the other hand, goes through various emotional outbursts, worsened by the fact that pregnancy eludes her, despite her intense desire to become a mother.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025
  • These technologies are revolutionizing humanity’s ability to catalog Earth’s species, which are estimated to number 8 million—though perhaps far, far more—by illuminating the teeming life that so often eludes human observation.
    Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If someone dodges your requests, try asking a clarifying question to avoid hidden assumptions.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Continue reading … CROWN IN CHAOS – Andrew dodges police probe but King Charles’ Epstein ‘nightmare’ isn’t over.
    , FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Nick, desperate to return to the present, shirks the doting parents and brother who long to comfort him.
    Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Parries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parries. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.

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