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atop

adverb as in upon

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Now, as third baseman Max Muncy said with a devious grin from atop a makeshift stage in the Dodger Stadium outfield, “it’s starting to get a little bit comfortable up here. Let’s keep it going.”

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There was a time when the Southerners who sat atop the system that produced wealth from the labor of slaves openly touted their essential contribution to the American—and world—economy.

Her head was sitting atop an electronic box that powered her computer brain.

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Bowman is in the process of selecting new leadership atop the supervision division after its longtime director, Michael Gibson, announced his retirement earlier this year.

Plus, the clock atop the courthouse hasn’t worked since that thunderstorm three decades ago.

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