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Example Sentences
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Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.
From Salon
A viral AI-generated video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise fighting atop a building is causing a stir online.
From Los Angeles Times
Scott Baird, of the storied Starlite bar atop the Beacon Grand Hotel in San Francisco, suggests you think of premium cocktails as “the tomahawk rib-eye of the cocktail world.”
There were stacks of them atop marble side tables and windowsills.
From Literature
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In 2022, the U.S. finished the competition in second place and only climbed atop the podium two years later after a protracted legal battle.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.