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overtops

  • present tense form of overtop (3rd person singular).

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Salt water that overtops the underwater sill is still lower in salinity than the water behind the sill toward the Gulf, Jones said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 5, 2023

Porterville residents evacuate as Lake Success overtops the Schafer Dam spillway.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2023

And many areas kept dry by canals or higher topography would experience flooding as saltwater overtops barriers.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2022

In this drone photo released by Duke Energy, flooding from the swollen Cape Fear River overtops an earthen dike at Sutton Lake, a 1,100-acre lake at the L.V.

From Fox News Sep. 21, 2018

They have long since become, for me, the danger that overtops all others.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry