atop

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He claims to have found a copy of “Lunch on a Beam,” also known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper,” at an Austrian department store in 1989 and recognized it from an old family album.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Atop the cliffs behind, Georgian homes, hotels and guest houses stand in gracious testament to Whitby’s Victorian history as a popular spa town, as it was when Stoker visited in 1890.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Atop the bulb are the fronds, which are leafy and subtly anise-flavored.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Atop that slope, according to the video, is a cluster of BLA fighters.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson