whereon

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“The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run,” declared the self-destructive Captain Ahab, concerning his pursuit of Moby Dick.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2020

Her shapely hands were folded in her lap, her pale eyes looked politely down at the green square of turf whereon the person she awaited would shortly appear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therein he suggested a common ground whereon Anthropology and Medicine might get together for the benefit of mankind.

From Time Magazine Archive

A yellowish nursery by Eugene Schoen of Manhattan has walls whereon tots may scribble, housemaids erase.

From Time Magazine Archive

He threw his great hands round Arete’s knees, whereon the sacred mist curled back; they saw him; and the diners hushed amazed to see an unknown man inside the palace.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer