atop
Example Sentences
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These influencers play to audiences largely made up of people who want to be seen atop the moral high ground without putting in the deliberative intellectual work to get there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Among the latest to snag a skyscraper is fund manager Capital Group, which has agreed to pay about $210 million for the 55-story Bank of America Plaza atop Bunker Hill, where it has offices.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
I mean that AI now sits squarely atop the pile of modern parents’ anxieties, having rapidly eclipsed boogeymen like screen time and social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
The crew will fly aboard the Orion spacecraft, perched atop NASA's powerful SLS rocket.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Jonah’s head bobbed up and down like a ball atop a spring.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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