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These sort of wind speeds will lead to large coastal waves which are likely to overtop the sea walls and promenades.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

In the meantime, you can sometimes see barges with long cylindrical tubes, informally called “sock on a stack,” which are fitted overtop a ship’s exhaust to capture a ship’s diesel exhaust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The reservoir behind the dam rose to within 1 foot of the dam’s maximum storage capacity, prompting warnings that water could overtop the dam and worsen already-dangerous conditions downstream, or damage the dam.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023

Making matters worse: Communities have been built on those floodplains, so when rivers overtop their banks, the water goes into people’s houses rather than replenishing wetland habitats and slowly sinking into the soil.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023

They range from six feet two inches to six feet five, and I know that both my sons, when they stretch their full height, will overtop me.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Salt water that overtops the underwater sill is still lower in salinity than the water behind the sill toward the Gulf, Jones said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

Porterville residents evacuate as Lake Success overtops the Schafer Dam spillway.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2023

The ocean regularly overtops dunes and washes out much of Highway 12 — the only road linking Hatteras Island and the rest of Dare County.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2019

In this drone photo released by Duke Energy, flooding from the swollen Cape Fear River overtops an earthen dike at Sutton Lake, a 1,100-acre lake at the L.V.

From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2018

An inscription over the door of the column, which overtops the other ruins, shows that it was raised in order to mark the depth of earth which was removed to construct the forum.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

After three days of rain, the dam collapsed in May 2020, releasing a torrent that overtopped the downstream Sanford Dam and flooded the city of Midland.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

Early on Saturday, officials said that water had overtopped a dam in the central North Chungcheong province.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023

Dams that are small and located in rural areas may cause less damage if they are overtopped or fail.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 13, 2023

As yet another atmospheric river barrels toward California, residents brace for the threat of engorged rivers and overtopped reservoirs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

At that moment, Zeitoun knew that the levees had been overtopped or compromised.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The city has been upgrading segments of seawalls over the years to reduce seawater overtopping, but much of its harbor-front property remains under threat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Rivers and streams could swell, overtopping their banks and flooding the neighborhoods surrounding them.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

But once built, you don’t want water coming through your roof, your siding or your windows — or overtopping your foundation or slab.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

"We don't know what is likely to happen in terms of that overtopping," she told reporters in a briefing.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023

The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker