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Recent Examples of parry
Hand-to-hand combat presents its own hurdles as players must learn to parry and dodge attacks.
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Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
Surprisingly, Trump said nothing to parry Harris’s points on reducing Medicare drug prices.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The West will seek to enforce sweeping sanctions, which Russia is likely to parry with cyber-measures and energy blackmailing, given the economic asymmetries.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2022
In lieu of revelations, though, what keeps Martha engaging is watching Cutler thrust and parry with his subject.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
Surprisingly, Trump said nothing to parry Harris’s points on reducing Medicare drug prices.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The West will seek to enforce sweeping sanctions, which Russia is likely to parry with cyber-measures and energy blackmailing, given the economic asymmetries.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2022
In lieu of revelations, though, what keeps Martha engaging is watching Cutler thrust and parry with his subject.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parry
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Hezbollah fighters have been using pagers as a low-tech means of communication in an attempt to evade Israeli location-tracking, two sources familiar with the group’s operations told Reuters this year.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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El Monte police said that charges of kidnapping and felony evading would be submitted to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Firefighters rescued one person who was trapped and assisted others in escaping the building.Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Parents can breathe a sigh of relief at an easy transition away from the pool to escape the sun for a few moments, while also receiving an impressive education on Southern California’s wild birds.Margaux Lushing, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Last year, France proposed a ban on social media for those under 15, though users were able to avoid the ban with parental consent.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The MacBook and Mac mini have traditionally avoided the iPhone's rainbow of color options, usually sticking to sedate bare metal and gray or silver finishes.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Physical evidence that ice sheets covered the interior of continents in warm equatorial regions had eluded scientists – until now.Liam Courtney-Davies, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Their reproductive organs have eluded researchers in countless dissections, and observing their mating behavior was impossible—until recently.Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Trump has dodged questions on whether the U.S. would come to the aid of Taiwan if China invaded.Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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When Jessica tried to talk to him, Barnett dodged her.Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 1 Nov. 2024
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In one instance, a man survived a gunshot only due to his pocket watch deflecting the bullet, while another joined the Union army after deserting the Confederacy.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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Trump, meanwhile, spent Wednesday painting Harris and Democrats as divisive, while deflecting criticism of his own xenophobic and anti-immigrant rhetoric.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Parry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parry. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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