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In the domain \(\Omega = \{(x,t)\mid 0<x<1,\;0<t<1\}\), the so-called counter-flows problem is studied for the parabolic equation with degenerate coefficient at the time derivative \[ \begin{gathered} -\delta|u|^{\gamma}u_t + a(x,t,|u|)u_{xx} + b_0(x,t,|u|)u_x + b_1(x,t,|u|) = 0,\\ \delta = \operatorname{sgn}u,\quad \gamma >0,\\ u(k,t) = 0,\quad (-1)^ku(x,k)=u_k(x)>0,\quad x\in(0,1),\quad k=0,1. \end{gathered} \] The article is a continuation of the author's works [\textit{V.~N.~Monakhov}, Din. Splosh. Sredy 113, 107-113 (1998; Zbl 0916.35054) and \textit{N. N. Matveeva}, \textit{V.~N.~Monakhov} and \textit{S. V. Popov}, ibid. 103-106 (1998; Zbl 0917.35059)], wherein gradient estimates for solutions to the above equation are obtained in the case \(\gamma <0\). The main aim of the article under consideration is to prove boundedness of the spatial derivative \(u_x\) in \(\overline{\Omega}\) in the case when \(\gamma >0\). The authors obtain a gradient estimate using an elliptic regularization for the equation.