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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
parley .
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Examples
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Ashby vowed to fight to the death, so the two sides parleyed, the captain brought out rum, everyone took a swig, and the Indians left.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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So she stood in the snow at the Greek girl's door, with the frost at sixty below, and parleyed with the waiting-maid for a full five minutes.
THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010
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These partnerships have proven to be win-win-win situations: Sponsors are quietly acknowledged in mail-outs to schools, parents, teachers, media outlets and in advertising campaigns; costs to schools are reduced; our teacher-librarians 'association has been able to turn a yearly profit which can be parleyed into professional development opportunities for our members and increased literacy opportunities for our students.
June 2009 2009
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Ashby vowed to fight to the death, so the two sides parleyed, the captain brought out rum, everyone took a swig, and the Indians left.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
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Seko, a talented artist from Torrance, Calif., has parleyed his obsession with World Gone Mad movies into a brand new comic book called Zombieman Zero, A Science Fiction Comic Book Fantasy.
Zombieman Zero: Death is Not an Option « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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These partnerships have proven to be win-win-win situations: Sponsors are quietly acknowledged in mail-outs to schools, parents, teachers, media outlets and in advertising campaigns; costs to schools are reduced; our teacher-librarians 'association has been able to turn a yearly profit which can be parleyed into professional development opportunities for our members and increased literacy opportunities for our students.
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So she stood in the snow at the Greek girl's door, with the frost at sixty below, and parleyed with the waiting-maid for a full five minutes.
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"And I haven't done a thing to you," Harley parleyed.
CHAPTER XXXVI 2010
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The sound of his voice made Maud quickly draw close to me, as for protection, and she rested one hand on my arm while we parleyed.
Chapter 34 2010
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Seko, a talented artist from Torrance, Calif., has parleyed his obsession with World Gone Mad movies into a brand new comic book called Zombieman Zero, A Science Fiction Comic Book Fantasy.
January « 2010 « Haikasoru: Space Opera. Dark Fantasy. Hard Science. 2010
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