overlying

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Overlying the image of Vermeer’s painting in my mind, I was fairly convinced that this could be the place.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2016

Overlying it all is the irony at the core of so many apocalyptic fictions: that self-destruction is an immutable part of the human condition.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2014

Overlying these more ancient rocks are limestones with Rhaetic and Liassic fossils, occurring in small patches at Oletta, Morosaglia, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Overlying the thin cell-wall proper, on the outside, is a thin gelatinous layer, a product of alteration of the outermost lamellæ of the former.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

Overlying the same Baltic deposits comes the lower boulder-clay, reaching a thickness of several hundred feet in some parts of Germany.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis