overtop
Example Sentences
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That surfeit of water fed the typically trickling river into a torrent — overtopping and weakening the 75-year old earthen levee.
From Los Angeles Times
The family of storms that descended on the state this week only underscored this danger, shattering snow records and overtopping levees across the state.
From Salon
In Missouri, the Corps recently completed a levee setback along the Missouri River after the existing levee was overtopped and breached by flooding in 2019.
From Seattle Times
The federation’s logo will be black and white and feature three stars forming the silhouette of a crown overtop the initials “PHF.”
From Seattle Times
In William Lowe’s neighborhood, storm surge from Ida overtopped a modest levee maintained by the Lafourche Parish government near his elevated house, sending water from a nearby canal up over his floorboards.
From New York Times
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