overlie

Example Sentences

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At a suburban site, a team was carefully excavating - navigating the overlying sewer pipe, gas supply and electricity cables to locate an underground leak.

From BBC

Because the overlying pressure lessens as the rock ascends, it melts more and more, and eventually collects in the magma chamber.

From Scientific American

"That had caused damage to the brain itself and bleeding overlying the brain which, together, squashed and damaged the brain, ultimately causing his death," he said.

From BBC

“Indeed, with the discovery that both cartouches of Ay overlie original cartouches of Tutankhamun, we have the veritable smoking gun,” he said.

From New York Times

"Drying of the overlying skin could have progressed for weeks or months, until sediment from the adjacent river buried the remains," the authors wrote.

From Salon