as in overlaying
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as in coating
to form a layer over
the butter should evenly overspread the baking pan
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as in overlapping
to lie over parts of one another
autumn leaves overspreading one another on the lawn to form a colorful mosaic
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Thick colonies are already coating boats, piers and pipelines.
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Standing before it, Khalaf saw how the wall of the adjacent building had toppled onto the ground floor, flooding the shop with rubble and coating everything with a film of fine gray dust.
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But Ellis warned Bolivia remains trapped in multiple overlapping crises.
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After a fracture, the body moves through overlapping stages of repair that include inflammation, formation of new tissue and, later, remodeling of the repaired area.
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Our managing editor Hannah Wise shares about how The Star is covering the World Cup.
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The clinic provides standard all-inclusive packages covering hotel, transfers, and translation.
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“Overspreading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overspreading. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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