overtop

Example Sentences

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When meltwaters reach a certain level, they can overtop a glacier that previously held them back.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

In the meantime, you can sometimes see barges with long cylindrical tubes, informally called “sock on a stack,” which are fitted overtop a ship’s exhaust to capture a ship’s diesel exhaust.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

The reservoir behind the dam rose to within 1 foot of the dam’s maximum storage capacity, prompting warnings that water could overtop the dam and worsen already-dangerous conditions downstream, or damage the dam.

From Scientific American • Jul. 13, 2023

Making matters worse: Communities have been built on those floodplains, so when rivers overtop their banks, the water goes into people’s houses rather than replenishing wetland habitats and slowly sinking into the soil.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023

A small fire with a metal grate slid overtop where they were cooking beans in a tin pot.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline