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atop

[uh-top] / əˈtɒp /
ADVERB
upon
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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The cameras are mounted atop tractors and they scoop up imagery of the apple trees as the tractor trundles by.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Quartz crystals sat at each of the bed’s four corners and atop a small glass table to the side.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

For Roberts, the last month has looked like an episode of “The Pitt,” with medical crises piling up, one atop the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Astaire’s recording helped propel “The Way You Look Tonight” to six weeks atop “Your Hit Parade,” and the song won an Academy Award.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

She set her dirty boot in his hands, and he heaved upward, and she was up atop a pure-silver youngster.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell




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