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overlaid

[oh-ver-leyd] / ˌoʊ vərˈleɪd /




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Text reading “Polymarket funds my life” overlaid another video of her dancing on a beach by the Golden Gate Bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

Three hours before the match, AFP spoke with several protesters who held tickets and wore T-shirts printed with that pre-revolution flag -- horizontal green, white and red stripes overlaid with a sun and a lion.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

Deploying botanical damage control, drawings were overlaid with the outlines of luxuriant trees.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

They overlaid effects onto their selfies, transforming their faces into cute dogs and even puking rainbows.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

She was accustomed to the chorus of meadowlarks and sandpipers and prairie chickens, now overlaid with the pock-pocking of drills pounding the earth.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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