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Recent Examples of parry
Luna, the Real Salt Lake star who has become a leader of this Gold Cup group, grabbed the opportunistic first goal after Luca de la Torre’s shot from distance was parried back into the box.
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Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 3 July 2025
This game has faster, more aggressive combat that pushes the focus onto dodging rather than parrying, which should lead to some very different – and likely very difficult – combat.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
As the film rolls on, Williams plays the idealized Rosemary as worn down and ultimately exhausted at having to parry an inappropriate Max and depressed Herman.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Musashi clears the tendril, enters another battle, and parries the Genma with ease.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
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Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 3 July 2025
This game has faster, more aggressive combat that pushes the focus onto dodging rather than parrying, which should lead to some very different – and likely very difficult – combat.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
As the film rolls on, Williams plays the idealized Rosemary as worn down and ultimately exhausted at having to parry an inappropriate Max and depressed Herman.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Musashi clears the tendril, enters another battle, and parries the Genma with ease.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parry
Verb
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Rather than provide food or temporary shelter for such workers in the colder months, municipalities would round them up and remove them, to save money and evade any responsibility to aid them.—
Time,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Milwaukee, Kellner said that around 33% of bus riders have evaded paying fares in 2025 but that the agency has identified a few cost-neutral strategies targeted at reducing fare evasion down to 30% by September 2026, the same rate of evasion busses saw in 2024.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Most want to see better protections and less exploitation of fighters so that they are exposed to the least amount of danger in a sport that cannot escape it.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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However, by sharing so much of Lisa's code, the interface practically demanded a pointing device, and the mouse was selected, even though Raskin had so carefully tried to avoid it.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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These writers will work under the latest Public Television Freelance Agreement, which the WGA East ratified in December after a lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiation cycle with PBS, narrowly avoiding a strike.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wonnum into safety Tre’von Moehrig and then went off to the races after eluding safety Nick Scott.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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DeJean eluded another Chiefs lineman and broke a tackle to reach the end zone.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The companies showing off their cases with a lighter white or silvery iPhone 17 Pro in product shots mostly dodged any embarrassment, as those are harder to distinguish from Apple’s actual silver color.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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The primary backup appears to have dodged a bullet.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This can be a pre-emptive measure to deflect criticism of the relationship.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tart remained in the game and came up with two big plays, deflecting a pair of passes by Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — including one on a two-point conversion attempt that would have tied the game 20-20.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Parry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parry. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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