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- noun Plural form of
parry . - verb third person singular, present tense of to
parry
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Examples
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I shall call your parries, Volger said, and began to attack, shouting out the names of defensive movements as he lunged.
LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009
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I shall call your parries, Volger said, and began to attack, shouting out the names of defensive movements as he lunged.
LEVIATHAN MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD 2009
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Just a nice neat reverse cut that somehow parries the incoming blade and takes the top off the other chap's head.
zornhau: Zwerhhau...! zornhau 2010
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Achenbach subsequently parries somewhat defensively criticism for noting the connection - something that appeared in the Times in the main news story, not merely in blog posts.
Robert Naiman: Is Palin's "Crosshairs" Map Relevant? Giffords Thought So Robert Naiman 2011
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Instead, Houston, 46, booked an Australian trek for February and the current European run, instigating a steady barrage of barbs and parries.
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Jujutsu has a full range of kicks (all of them low), many hand strikes, blocks and parries, throws, holds, pins, escapes, disarms, and a large number of weapon skills.
Interview with Jonathan Maberry, author of Patient Zero 2009
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My point is simply that these “urban parries” seem to have been abandoned for some time.
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Achenbach subsequently parries somewhat defensively criticism for noting the connection - something that appeared in the Times in the main news story, not merely in blog posts.
Robert Naiman: Is Palin's "Crosshairs" Map Relevant? Giffords Thought So Robert Naiman 2011
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The right-back can get to the ball, just, but can't dink it over Mihaylov, who was always in charge of the situation and parries clear.
Tottenham Hotspur v FC Twente – as it happened Scott Murray 2010
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Much of the event consisted of thrusts and parries, with front-runner Whitman defending herself against Poizner's attacks and launching several of her own as the pair addressed topics including immigration, the environment and California's public pension system.
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