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a manager whose arrogance was overtopped only by his ineptitude
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Barriers built in Italy to stop Mt. Etna’s lava flows in 1992 slowed the flow, but the lava eventually overtopped each one.
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Loÿc Vanderkluysen, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
Officials ordered evacuations due to widespread flash flooding as the system overtopped drainage systems and several Georgia dams.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
The lake at Suicide Basin filled to the brim and then overtopped the glacier on August 1, city officials reported.
—Eric Zerkel, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
Residents of a Illinois city were evacuated after a dam overtopped.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
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Loÿc Vanderkluysen, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2024
Officials ordered evacuations due to widespread flash flooding as the system overtopped drainage systems and several Georgia dams.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
The lake at Suicide Basin filled to the brim and then overtopped the glacier on August 1, city officials reported.
—Eric Zerkel, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024
Residents of a Illinois city were evacuated after a dam overtopped.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 July 2024
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“Overtop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtop. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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overtop
verb
over·top
ˌō-vər-ˈtäp 
1
: to rise above the top of : go beyond in height
overtopped my cousin by 3 inches
2
: surpass
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