over and above
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Over and above Skinner’s “comportment” issues, some gymnastics fans also simply don’t care for her because, bluntly put, her gymnastics is spectacular, but it isn’t pretty.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2021
Over and above these, the Holocaust for many writers and thinkers made reticence not a matter of choice but a moral and psychological obligation.
From The Guardian • Jan. 23, 2020
Over and above the furious—and ultimately painfully tender—drama, Perry achieves something of a new, grand version of his own cinematic music.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2018
Over and above the achievements there was to Maya Angelou a presence, a warm thereness that are simply not duplicated anywhere in American popular culture.
From Seattle Times • May 29, 2014
Over and above the roaring storm could be heard the howling of wolves, which added much terror to the situation.
From In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852 by Cole, Gilbert L.
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