parried

verb

past tense of parry
as in evaded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parried
  1. evaded
  2. avoided
  3. escaped
  4. eluded
  5. ducked
  6. dodged
  7. sidestepped
  8. deflected
Verb
  • On the phone, my friend Monika is telling me about a lost dog in her Salt Lake City neighborhood, a blue heeler who’s been seen limping and has evaded capture.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • Russia intercepts most Ukrainian long-range drones but some have evaded Russian air defenses.
    — Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 27 June 2026
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • Indeed, the folks in Akron, Amherst and Monroe, among other locales, have long awaited the winds of change, which have avoided blowing out the stale air caused by chronic losing.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo avoided a suspension for the start of this year’s tournament after a foul during a World Cup qualifier match.
    — Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • William Carney, a man who escaped slavery to become a Union soldier in the Civil War and who was awarded the Medal of Honor for protecting the American flag from touching the ground during battle.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Born enslaved in Maryland, Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) escaped to the North and emerged as the nation’s leading abolitionist and major literary political figure of his time.
    — Melia Patria, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • If the ball eluded Schmitt, Colorado would score, at the minimum, two more runs.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • This time around, Thriller rises and nearly makes it to a position that has thus far eluded the blockbuster.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of eluded
Verb
  • Collin Morikawa birdied 18 to catch Scheffler and ducked into the clubhouse at 20 under as the rains descended upon the TPC River Highlands.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Soon enough, patrons figured out there was a movie star in their midst and began clamoring to meet him, so Damon ducked behind the bar to hide.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Definition of ducked
Verb
  • Congress has long dodged any Social Security reforms that would cut benefits, hike taxes, or do both.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 June 2026
  • Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
    — Juhi Doshi, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Definition of dodged
Verb
  • Ocasio-Cortez notably sidestepped Platner’s candidacy in Maine even as other progressives defended him from the controversy surrounding his infidelity and old social media posts.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026
  • The Booksmart actress sidestepped questions about the PDA pictures in a June 2025 interview with Vanity Fair.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 26 June 2026
Definition of sidestepped
Verb
  • On the subsequent rebound, the ball found Kovačić at the top of the box, but his right-footed volley was barely deflected over the net by Diogo Costa.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • The 18-year-old Barcelona sensation played his longest stretch of the tournament before coming off in the 85th minute, moments after Austria defender David Alaba deflected Yamal’s hard shot off the goal line.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of deflected
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