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Recent Examples of parry
When timed right, Musashi parries a slash, creating an opening to eliminate a foe.
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Some enemy attacks can only be dodged, while parrying others gives you the opportunity to riposte.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The United States, now and in the future, is still India’s best hope for successfully parrying China.
—Nirupama Rao, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025
The edit attracted some attention at the time, but has gained more scrutiny in recent days, as Trump parries criticism from his own supporters over the administration’s attempts to shut down further disclosures about Epstein’s crimes.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
Some enemy attacks can only be dodged, while parrying others gives you the opportunity to riposte.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The United States, now and in the future, is still India’s best hope for successfully parrying China.
—Nirupama Rao, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025
The edit attracted some attention at the time, but has gained more scrutiny in recent days, as Trump parries criticism from his own supporters over the administration’s attempts to shut down further disclosures about Epstein’s crimes.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parry
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Slimy Lunch Meats Lunch meats are one of those things that often evade clean-outs.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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But when the Coast Guard approached on a 45-foot response boat, authorities said, the cuddy cabin boat began racing south to evade arrest.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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On autopilot The NGC Cinema-Grand Blanc Trillium, about three-quarters of a mile away on Holly Road, became a triage and reunification site for church members who escaped the attack.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Refrain from entering water that may have electricity in it and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Engelbert said Friday that the league and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association continue to meet and negotiate with the hopes of avoiding a work stoppage.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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Yoni Mendez-Lopez, 29, a Mexican national, was taken into custody with a record that includes resisting an officer, battery on a law enforcement officer, assault on a law enforcement officer, driving without a valid license, and attempting to flee to elude law enforcement, according to ICE.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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Norvell didn’t dodge the issue.—
D’Joumbarey A. Moreau,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Unlike Ayatollah Khamenei, the future leaders of Iran will not be able to dodge global standards forever.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Nonprofit watchdog group Human Rights Watch and fellow comedians like David Cross and Marc Maron, however, are saying otherwise, accusing the festival of deflecting from the country's human rights violations and slamming their peers for their involvement.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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The first was a sequence in which he was beaten to the middle of the ice by Jani Nyman, who was able to deflect a puck past Kevin Lankinen to open the scoring.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Parry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parry. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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