overtop

Example Sentences

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Some dams have collapsed because of unusually heavy water flows “overtopping” them.

From New York Times

Yet I still hold the downed trees, the homes swept away, the overtopped rivers in my head and in my body.

From Los Angeles Times

That surfeit of water fed the typically trickling river into a torrent — overtopping and weakening the 75-year old earthen levee.

From Los Angeles Times

The family of storms that descended on the state this week only underscored this danger, shattering snow records and overtopping levees across the state.

From Salon

“These things leak long before they get overtopped,” said Strudley, noting that one of the biggest problems is burrowing animals.

From Los Angeles Times