atop
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Video the department shared on social media showed firefighters standing atop a mound of garbage in the street as paramedics stood by with a gurney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
And it could shake up the power struggle atop the fund where John Overdeck has been locked in a bitter feud with his co-founder, David Siegel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Images broadcast by Turkish television showed the upside-down ferry in the water, with people wearing life vests atop its orange hull.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Local television has broadcast images of the upside-down ferry in the water, with people wearing life vests atop its hull.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The woman took from her pocket a small, jeweled figure of a bird, cast in gold and emeralds, with a ruby-studded crest of feathers atop its head.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
