| 单词 | overtop |
| 例句 | At that moment, Zeitoun knew that the levees had been overtopped or compromised. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Though he barely had an inch on Leathers, he overtopped his father by a foot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A small fire with a metal grate slid overtop where they were cooking beans in a tin pot. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He halted and, with bewildered and horrified eyes, stared round him at the khaki mob, in the midst of which, overtopping it by a full head, he stood. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He screeched insults at the bear, which hearing, the bear reared up and seemed to me to overtop Rocinante. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Iron spikes were set along the tops of formidable stone walls, and two fat round towers overtopped the keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Place the lid overtop and cook for 3 1/2 hours on high or 7 hours on low. This is my favorite way to cook baby back ribs 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z It was reminiscent of a Michael Jackson “Off the Wall” arrangement with him flowing overtop. GoldLink’s ‘At What Cost’ documents a D.C. that’s disappearing. Here’s how the album came together. 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z Mince them and sprinkle overtop of pasta, peas or avocado toast. How to repurpose kale stems, onion skin, and other discards into home-cooking superstars 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z The "near-failing grade" referred to predictions that the levee system, though improved, would still be overtopped in the case of a 500-year storm, which would have a 0.2% chance of occurring in any year. Gulf Coast braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee 2011-09-03T02:20:00Z One of my guidebooks had mildly ridiculed the park as having an “unusually shallow pool with a strange shed overtop.” How I learned to stop worrying and love RV-ing "We don't know what is likely to happen in terms of that overtopping," she told reporters in a briefing. Red warning in force as Storm Babet batters Scotland 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Salt water that overtops the underwater sill is still lower in salinity than the water behind the sill toward the Gulf, Jones said. Reprieve for New Orleans as salt water creeping up the Mississippi River slows its push inland 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z 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. Victims of Michigan dam collapse win key ruling in lawsuits against state 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z 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. Finding clean air in Los Angeles? It's an almost unsolvable puzzle 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Early on Saturday, officials said that water had overtopped a dam in the central North Chungcheong province. Torrential rail triggers deadly South Korea flooding 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z 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. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Some dams have collapsed because of unusually heavy water flows “overtopping” them. Internal Blast Probably Breached Ukraine Dam, Experts Say (Cautiously) 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Yet I still hold the downed trees, the homes swept away, the overtopped rivers in my head and in my body. Opinion: How to dig your way out of climate grief 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z That surfeit of water fed the typically trickling river into a torrent — overtopping and weakening the 75-year old earthen levee. California lawmakers tell Army Corps of Engineers to speed up Pajaro levee repairs 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The family of storms that descended on the state this week only underscored this danger, shattering snow records and overtopping levees across the state. How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Dam overtopping can result in erosion, which subsequently could lead to a dam breach or failure and a sudden, uncontrolled release of impounded water. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “These things leak long before they get overtopped,” said Strudley, noting that one of the biggest problems is burrowing animals. Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Rivers, creeks and streams in several areas are once again forecast to overtop — including some, such as the Cosumnes, Salinas and Russian rivers, that are still swollen from a similar storm last week. Another atmospheric river storm to hit soaked California, raising fears of more floods 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z “We were hoping to avoid and prevent this situation, but the worst case scenario has arrived with the Pajaro River overtopping and levee breaching at about midnight.” Flooding inundates Central California communities, blocking routes out 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z As yet another atmospheric river barrels toward California, residents brace for the threat of engorged rivers and overtopped reservoirs. Timeline: When will rains hit California from new atmospheric river storm? 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The risk of dam overtopping results from the combined effect of a hazardous event, such as heavy rainfall, and the vulnerability of the dam. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z The water rose rapidly before it overtopped the Sanmenxia dam in Henan province, sweeping away people who had gathered below for photographs, the Sanmenxia Municipal Emergency Response Bureau said in a statement. Overflow at China dam sweeps away people; 2 dead, 7 missing 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z “Hopefully the memory of what happened at Oroville is not lost on people’s minds,” he said, referencing the 2017 crisis in which high water levels nearly overtopped the massive Oroville Dam. Environmental rules stoke anger as California lets precious stormwater wash out to sea 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The projected risks of deep flooding “are primarily linked to overtopping of flood channels mostly constructed in the decades following World War II and are now undersized or inadequately maintained,” the study says. Los Angeles County’s Black Residents Are Most at Risk in Major Floods 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “The levees are going to fail at some point, will be overtopped when there’s intense storms. So we need to make more room.” California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z A dam’s design can affect its ability to withstand overtopping and resist failure. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z It was flooded after Miles Creek overtopped into a drainage canal, which caused the floods, said Jeremy Arrich, manager of the Division of Flood Management with the California Department of Water Resources. How California's slew of storms stack up to previous drought-busters 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The storms have claimed at least 19 lives as they topple trees, overtop levees and send people scrambling for higher ground. California suddenly has so much snow. A 'great elixir for drought' but unlikely the cure 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The deadly weather is foiling evacuation plans and straining the state’s aging infrastructure as strong winds topple power lines and fast rising waters overtop levees. Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z 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. California’s paradox: Confronting too little water, and too much 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z For example, concrete dams can typically better withstand certain levels of overtopping compared to soil embankment dams. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Five of the six weirs in the DWR’s Sacramento River Flood Control Project have passively opened after being triggered by overtopped systems. These are the California rivers that face flooding from storm 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z If the dam is overtopped by waters, flash flooding could occur in sparsely populated areas downstream, causing water levels to rapidly rise in Pacheco Creek near Lovers Lane. Powerful storm continues to lash Northern California, flooding concerns linger along Russian River 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z If the rivers overtop their banks, water can inundate the plot safely, reducing flood risk downriver. Floods Show California’s Climate Dilemma: Fight the Water, or Pull Back? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z They include the premature opening of the San Gabriel River Spillway gates, erosion resulting from water piping through the foundation of the dam and overtopping during an extreme flood event. Los Angeles County seeks flood control improvements in face of climate change 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z The consequences of a dam overtopping, and possibly failing, depend on several factors, such as the purpose of the dam, its size and its location. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z “Why are we spending billions of dollars to do that and have it overtopped?” he says. Shelter from the storm: Can a giant flood barrier protect Texas cities from hurricanes? 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z I had a fine time running a pile of around a dozen Chrome tabs with Slack and Spotify active along with occasional Zoom calls overtop. Zenbook 17 Fold OLED review: the best foldable yet 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z As soon as the flooding stream overtops its banks and occupies the wide area of its flood plain, the water has a much larger area to flow through and the velocity drops significantly. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the flooding stream overtops its banks and occupies the wide area of its floodplain, the velocity decreases. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Dams that are small and located in rural areas may cause less damage if they are overtopped or fail. Climate Change Is Stressing Thousands of Aging Dams across the U.S. 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Although it’s unclear if another derecho will form on Wednesday, strong to severe thunderstorm are again forecast to erupt overtop the heat dome along a corridor from the northern Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic. Derecho turns sky green, sweeps through 5 states with 90 mph winds 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z In 1983, when he was Arizona’s governor, the flooding river filled Lake Powell and came within inches of overtopping Glen Canyon Dam. Amid severe drought, former Interior secretary calls for revamping Colorado River pact 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In terms of battery life, the 9i averaged seven hours and 38 minutes of continuous work use, which included a heap of Chrome tabs with some Zoom calls and Spotify streaming overtop here and there. Lenovo Yoga 9i review: friendly, fun, and well-rounded 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z And many areas kept dry by canals or higher topography would experience flooding as saltwater overtops barriers. Opinion | Why climate resilience strategies won’t save Florida 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Outside of benchmark testing, while running my comparably lighter load of Chrome tabs, apps, and streaming with occasional Zoom calls overtop, I wasn’t necessarily hearing the fans all the time. Dell XPS 15 review: too hot to handle 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z People are being evacuated from their homes along the River Severn after concerns rising waters could overtop flood barriers. Major incident declared as flood waters rise in Ironbridge and Bewdley 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The test involved using the device as my daily work driver, hopping around a dozen Chrome tabs with occasional slacking, video calls, and Spotify streaming overtop, with the screen around 200 nits of brightness. Asus ROG Zephryus G14 review: the price is no longer right 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In Toronto, several hundred protesters gathered on the south side of the Ontario legislature, chanting “liberte″ overtop reggae issuing from loudspeakers and sporting signs that stated, “Freedom” Canada police act to rein in protests against COVID measures 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z Before big levees were built along the American River and muddy Sacramento River, the two waterways would overtop their banks, forcing poverty-stricken Sacramentans to escape inundation by converging on one of the town’s few hills. Joan Didion detached herself from Sacramento, but it shaped her view of California 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z In Missouri, the Corps recently completed a levee setback along the Missouri River after the existing levee was overtopped and breached by flooding in 2019. Corps of Engineers considers nature-based flood control 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Severe flooding is expected along the river at Wribbenhall in Bewdley from Tuesday morning, the EA said, as the temporary barriers at Beales Corner are forecast to exceed their capacity and overtop. Major incident declared as flood waters rise in Ironbridge and Bewdley 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The federation’s logo will be black and white and feature three stars forming the silhouette of a crown overtop the initials “PHF.” NWHL rebrands to Premier Hockey Federation entering 7th year 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z In William Lowe’s neighborhood, storm surge from Ida overtopped a modest levee maintained by the Lafourche Parish government near his elevated house, sending water from a nearby canal up over his floorboards. Ida Reveals Two Louisianas: One With Storm Walls, Another Without 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The region had already experienced a historically wet August, which left waterways close to overtopping and the ground so saturated it couldn’t absorb any more rain. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z “There are so many of them,” said Tim Kerner Jr., the mayor of Jean Lafitte, where water overtopped the levees and swallowed the town on Sunday. Ida’s Heavy Rains Send Louisiana Residents on a Hunt for Clean Water 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z "The forecast from the EA includes a scenario where the water could overtop the barriers which has never happened before so this is really significant," he said. Major incident declared as flood waters rise in Ironbridge and Bewdley 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Heavy rain and a strong storm surge overtopped Jean Lafitte’s 7.5-foot-high flood wall. Interactive before-and-after images show Hurricane Ida’s devastation 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z While two previous hurricanes overtopped the levee, he said, everything was working fine until Ida’s eye arrived in Lafourche Parish. Louisiana man’s personal levee no match for Ida’s fury 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z While ring levees protecting the parish's fishing communities overtopped, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East had not found any problems after the storm. Cow rescued from tree in Louisiana after being caught in floodwater 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Ida's storm surge overtopped floodwalls in Lafitte, stranding residents on roofs and in attics. Rescue efforts continue in Louisiana after Ida weakens to tropical depression 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z That levee is outside the federal storm risk reduction system, in an area where the National Hurricane Center had warned that overtopping of local levees was possible. In Louisiana, Rescue Workers Search for Those Stranded by Hurricane Ida 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Neither district reported any breaches or overtopping of levees. New Orleans levees pass Ida’s test while some suburbs flood 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Levees failed or were overtopped in the maze of rivers and bayous south of New Orleans, threatening hundreds of homes. Ida weakens as rescues begin and damage checked in Louisiana 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z In a sign of the storm’s strength, water overtopped at least one levee in Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, by late afternoon. Hurricane Ida, a Powerful Category 4 Storm, Batters Louisiana 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z There was less confidence outside of the federally funded hurricane-risk reduction system, where Edwards, at a Sunday news conference, projected that there would be some overtopping of levees. Hurricane Ida barrels into Louisiana, causing catastrophic damage with wind, rain and storm surge 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z Levees southwest of New Orleans could be seen overtopped by lapping surges before 11 a.m. but were still holding. Ida makes landfall west of Nw Orleans as a Cat 4 storm 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z “We are still completing inspections but so far have zero evidence of overtopping or structural issues.” New Orleans levees pass Ida’s test while some suburbs flood 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after floodwalls collapsed and levees were overtopped by a storm surge driven by Hurricane Katrina. EXPLAINER: Is New Orleans protected from a hurricane? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z However he said they’re designed to be overtopped and have protections in place to prevent more damage. Louisiana braces for ‘life-altering’ Hurricane Ida 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “But I want to make sure that everybody understands overtopping and levee failure are not the same thing. Levee failure can be much more catastrophic.” Hurricane Ida barrels into Louisiana, causing catastrophic damage with wind, rain and storm surge 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z More than 17 inches of rain fell in a single day on Saturday, overtopping the region’s many rivers and submerging places not previously considered floodplains within a matter of hours. Tennessee floods show a pressing climate danger across America: ‘Walls of water’ 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The forecast follows flooding earlier this week in the central province of Henan as rivers and reservoirs overtop their banks. Typhoon to bring heavy rains to Taiwan, China over weekend 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z “They’re designed to overtop in places” with protections against worse damage, including armoring, splash pads and pumps with backup generators, he said. EXPLAINER: Is New Orleans protected from a hurricane? 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The waters from a 100-year flood overtopped the levees along the creek that runs from south to north through the west side of the city, swamping the South Bottoms neighborhood. Editorial Roundup: Nebraska 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z The overtopping of a levee near the small community of Braithwaite led to severe flooding. Hurricane Ida barrels into Louisiana, causing catastrophic damage with wind, rain and storm surge 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z But the city remains vulnerable, she said, and the May 2015 storm highlighted the risk when floodwaters overtopped the levees, swamped the South Bottoms neighborhood and prompted evacuations. Lincoln considers steps to avoid flooding 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z When record-breaking rains fell, levees were breached or overtopped across the region, drenching farmland, inundating homes and causing billions of dollars in damage. Old Tunnels and Rusting Bridges: America’s Creaking Infrastructure 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The town sought for years to get approval to raise the levee again, only to see historic floods in 2019 overtop the lowered levee and inundate the town. Hamburg gets hard-fought approval to raise flood levee 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The modifications to prevent the dam from failing if overtopped include placing roller-compacted concrete on the crest and downstream slope of the embankment and improving the seepage control system with trench drains and other features. California's aging dams face new perils, 50 years after Sylmar quake crisis 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Several levees south of New Orleans were overtopped. Hurricane Ida barrels into Louisiana, causing catastrophic damage with wind, rain and storm surge 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z The worst-case scenario shows the levee systems could be overtopped by normal tides and significantly compromised by storm surges. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “Storm drains will overflow, and many sea walls and docks will be overtopped,” Monroe County Emergency Management said. Record-Breaking Tropical Storm Eta Drenches Florida 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Rains had threatened to overtop a dam in Tabasco over the weekend. Flooding in Mexico forces 9,000 to evacuate, leaves 5 dead 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The combination of a predicted storm surge and high tide in the central Gulf Coast could cause flooding if levees outside the hurricane’s path are overtopped. In New Orleans, Recovering From One Storm and Preparing For Another 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z “Staff became suspicious that someone was peering through an air conditioning vent located overtop of the bathroom stalls,” the department said in a statement, without elaborating. Contractor arrested after 'suspicious' mirrors found in middle school girl's bathroom stalls 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z But Edwards said the state doesn’t expect any risks of levee overtopping. Louisiana readying as Tropical Storm Cristobal takes aim 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z In Midland’s case, nearly 5 inches of rain fell across a region that couldn’t absorb it, leading the Tittabawassee River to breach a hydroelectric dam and overtop another. Torrent Breaks Michigan Dam and Reveals Climate Risks 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Roiling brown rivers overtopped their banks, taking out bridges and deluging homes, even ripping off the tops of trees. Even fake snow failed in a record-warm winter linked to the polar vortex and climate change 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z In Bewdley, Worcestershire, where flood defences were overtopped on Tuesday, the river is expected to reach its highest peak on Tuesday morning at around 4.5m. Storm Jorge: New floods 'won't be as extreme' 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z In his town, where bluffs are crumbling and waves often overtop roads, a push by some officials to consider relocating inland has angered many property owners. Rising seas already overwhelm the Bay Area. Here is the desperate bid to avert disaster 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Record flooding early last year and in the summer overtopped and breached dozens of levees along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Advisory group urges better flood protection in Missouri 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z As the Missouri, the Mississippi and other rivers reached record heights, dozens of levees put in place to protect residents were breached or overtopped. Fires and Flood Cap Off a Decade of U.S. Disasters 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Bridges were overtopped, dams hit capacity, and swollen creeks washed over Venice, Echo Park and other parts of the city. It just rained (again). Is it safe to swim in the ocean? 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z The pulses sometimes caused the lava channel to overtop its banks, creating new rivulets that threatened nearby property. A Tiny Leak Led to a Massive, Unexpected Collapse at Kilauea Volcano 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z This is the first study to show that partial lake drainage can occur through cracks in the ice, rather than overtopping or other mechanisms, which was previously the assumption. Analysis | The Daily 202: Hope Hicks’s FBI interviews underscore Trump’s impulse to stonewall and hold back damaging info 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z They describe it as an obstruction that could slow the flow of water in an extreme flood, increasing the potential for the earthen dam to be overtopped and fail. Ohio ranks high in hazardous dams needing work 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The state claims that drains on several of the dams that help prevent overtopping during heavy storms need to be repaired. 38 Rhode Island dams pose safety risk, must be repaired 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The agency is evaluating interim risk-reduction measures associated with a potential overtopping of the dam and anticipates some of those measures will be in place prior to this year’s winter rains. Army Corps raises failure risk rating of Mojave River Dam 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Rising sea levels, tsunamis—they might inundate Venice, but they would never in our lifetimes overtop the hundred-foot bluffs that form a medieval barrier between the Palisades and the ocean below. L.A.’s Fire Zone Prepares for the Blaze 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z “Storm Lorenzo will produce significant swell, high waves and sizeable storm surges. This will lead to wave overtopping, some coastal flooding and damage, especially along western and southern coasts.” Hurricane Lorenzo: Ireland braces itself for powerful storm 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The ocean regularly overtops dunes and washes out much of Highway 12 — the only road linking Hatteras Island and the rest of Dare County. Hurricane Dorian rips through Outer Banks, causing tsunami-like surge as it heads out to sea 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z If the dam failed, it would flood several commercial and residential properties downstream, overtop several other dams and inundate a busy highway. 38 Rhode Island dams pose safety risk, must be repaired 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z "The reedbed creation we are doing here will allow for those areas to be overtopped by the river and hopefully minimise the impact on places like Oulton Broad." Expanded nature reserve 'could protect homes' 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The park closed its Westside Road, which saw minor damage after glacial floodwater overtopped it. Massive boulders, floodwater rush down Mount Rainier after glacial outburst 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z “We ran a storm surge inundation model and we could actually tell which levees could potentially be overtopped, which communities are most at risk, ” Kline said. Tropical Storm Barry tests Louisiana's multi-billion-dollar post-Katrina flood defenses 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z The rain was expected to raise the already flooded Mississippi River but not overtop the levees. Storm Barry moves inland from New Orleans, leaves rain and flooding... 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But a levee in Terrebonne Parish was overtopped by water for part of the day, officials said. Barry drenches Gulf Coast, but initially spares New Orleans 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But a levee in Terrebonne Parish was overtopped by water for part of the day, officials said. Barry drenches Gulf Coast, but initially spares New Orleans 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z In Terrebonne Parish on Saturday, officials implemented a mandatory evacuation order for people south of Falgout Canal, where water was overtopping a levee. Not ‘out of the woods’: New Orleans mayor warns residents as Tropical Storm Barry dumps rain 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z But a levee in Terrebonne Parish was overtopped by water, officials said. Barry crawls ashore in Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Over the last week, many feared that the Mississippi River, already swollen from months of unusually high rainfall, would overtop the levees protecting the city. Tropical Storm Barry strengthens, with rain to soak millions 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z He stressed that some levees may be overtopped but remain structurally sound. Disasters Collide as Tropical Storm Barry Heads Ashore 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z The weather service also was expecting the water to stay below the river’s levees, which haven’t been overtopped in New Orleans since the early 1920s. New Orleans’ levees face a hard test as storm bears down 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Council member Richie Blink said persistent southerly wind caused water from the Gulf of Mexico to “overtop the levee in several areas as long as 1,000 yards.” Not ‘out of the woods’: New Orleans mayor warns residents as Tropical Storm Barry dumps rain 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The river may come dangerously close to overtopping levees shielding the city. Flooded New Orleans braces for possible hurricane 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the army corps of engineers in New Orleans said the agency is not expecting widespread overtopping of the levees, but there are concerns for areas south of the city. New Orleans: evacuations ordered as city braces for possible hurricane 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans said the agency was not expecting widespread overtopping of the levees, but there are concerns for areas south of the city. New Orleans, already grappling with extreme weather, may face hurricane by week's end 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z On Saturday, the Missouri also overtopped two levees that protect a combined 1,500 acres. The Latest: Floodwaters strain Midwest agricultural levees 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z In Nebraska along the Platte River, residents around Hanson Lakes just south of Bellevue were sandbagging a levee that was already being overtopped by the river. New river flooding in Nebraska, Iowa forcing some out again 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Whenever it overtopped its banks—something it used to do virtually every spring—the river cast its sediment across the plain. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z If rain elsewhere reaches current forecasts, the floodway would be opened to keep the river from overtopping it and making it impossible to operate. The Latest: 2nd Mississippi River spillway could cost crops 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Another levee broke in Missouri’s Pike County, and several smaller rural levees were overtopped on Monday. Flooding wreaks havoc along Mississippi River, a transit hub for $1 billion in goods 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z "We've long suspected processes like shoreline erosion, waves overtopping and inundation would be additional factors for Hawaii," Anderson said. Hawaii’s islands are under threat from rising sea levels, experts warn 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z After the disastrous flooding of 2016, the people of Louisiana have an understandable sympathy for those in Nebraska and elsewhere in the Midwest, where levees have been overtopped and thousands forced from their homes. Louisiana editorial roundup 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z When they are breached or overtopped, Plaquemines fills up like a pair of long, skinny bathtubs. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Although they still function well in typical storms, they often backfire when high storm surges overtop them, causing them to breach or collapse, releasing an entire backyard into the sea. Rebuilt Wetlands Can Protect Shorelines Better Than Walls 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “When the next one comes along bigger, they either fail or are overtopped again,” said Nicholas Pinter, an expert on rivers and flooding at the University of California, Davis. ‘Breaches Everywhere’: Flooding Bursts Midwest Levees, and Tough Questions Follow 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z Earlier this month Missouri River floodwaters breached one levee and overtopped another near the sprawling complex, flooding the southeastern third. Flood-damaged Air Force base near Omaha reopens runway 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Numerous levees have already failed or overtopped this year in Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, he said. When a river swells, are levees the best way to deal with it? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z He expected the Missouri River to crest late Thursday or early Friday — and if the current projections hold, the levees will be overtopped in several places. As part of Midwest starts flood cleanup, downstream region braces for inundation 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z The Corps said virtually every Missouri River levee along a 100-mile stretch south of Omaha was breached or overtopped. Midwest floodwaters tear through or spill over many levees 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z He also estimates up to $500 million in livestock losses as the state struggles with swollen rivers and breached or overtopped levees following heavy rain and snowmelt. Nebraska ag losses from flooding estimated close to $1B 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The towns of Bartlett and Thurman were being evacuated as levees were breached and overtopped. Amid deadly flooding in Midwest, Missouri River washes out southwestern Iowa residents 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z And in Mills County, Iowa, authorities ordered people in some rural areas to evacuate after the Missouri River overtopped levees. 1 dead, 2 missing as extreme flooding hinders rescues across Midwest 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Two weeks ago, they had moved out of their residence east of Rolling Fork, correctly concluding the worst flooding since 1973 would overtop a small levee around their neighborhood. In Mississippi backwater, flood rises after weeks of waiting 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Zack caused plenty of scratches on the area overtop the sensor, and it seemed to work fine. Samsung’s Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor can survive many scratches, but not cracks 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The project, which calls for raising the 70-year-old dam by 8 feet and building an auxiliary spillway to reduce the risk of water overtopping the dam during heavy rains, has been ongoing since 2000. From Dams to Coastal Barriers: How the U.S. Is Fighting Flooding in 2019 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Last year, the dam at Eightmile Lake began to overtop and threatened to burst, before emergency repairs temporarily solved the problem. Officials seek dam upgrades in alpine-lake wilderness to help salmon, water demand 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Storing a car for the long term might seem as simple parking it in the garage and throwing a tarp overtop. Is There a Cure for My Dog’s Bad Breath? 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z And some of the state’s farm levees are at risk of being overtopped. Floodwaters close roads, drench low-lying areas 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In the Glasgow area, the river is expected to crest Friday, overtopping agriculture levees, inundating some homes and possibly closing Missouri 240 west of the city. Flooding closes roads, expected to overtop some farm levees 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Four lagoons that receive hog waste failed, with nine others inundated and four overtopped. Hurricane Florence Has Gone, but Challenges for the Carolinas Have Just Begun 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The company says the overtopping of Grainger ash pond No. 1 occurred about 9 a.m. The Latest: NC watching coal ash sites swamped by floods 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Santee Cooper spokeswoman Mollie Gore said the overtopping of an ash basin at the Granger plant near Conway should not be environmentally significant. NC river swirls with gray muck near flooded coal ash dump 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Sheehan said floodwaters had also overtopped a steel retaining wall containing one of three large coal ash dumps lining the shoreline. North Carolina dam at retired power plant breaches, may release coal ash into river 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Sheehan said floodwaters also had overtopped a steel retaining wall containing one of three large coal ash dumps lining the lakeshore. APNewsBreak: Dam breach at Duke plant; coal ash could spill 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z This weekend, the state announced its plan to save the highway from being overtopped. S. Carolina town worries plan to save road will flood homes 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z Officials so far are “fairly confident,” Cheatham said, that farmers prepared adequately in advance of the storm to prevent the ponds from overtopping. Carolinas turn into an archipelago of island communities as Florence’s rain causes widespread flooding 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z It was not a question of whether the river would overtop its banks, but when. ‘We face walls of water’: Communities in North Carolina band together to face Florence 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Environmental groups said Friday that they were worried that scores of hog lagoons will burst again or be overtopped by flooding, spilling their contents into rivers used as sources of drinking water. Toxic waste sites in Florence’s path under close watch 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Everyone knew what might happen next: The ocean could overtop the dunes and wash out the road. ‘Basically just a sand bar’: Outer Banks might narrowly escape Florence, but what about the next hurricane? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Her eyes, not quite blue, not quite brown, have a watery quality, as if some sadness in her nature has finally overtopped its banks. My disastrous tea with Glenda Jackson 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z “A lot of those properties are at risk of flooding if the bay overtops the sea wall,” Schubert said. This Entire Island May Have to Be Raised Up to Counter Rising Sea 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z But a growing concern is river flooding, which happens as tributaries and basins drain into main rivers, causing them to overtop their banks. ‘We face walls of water’: Communities in North Carolina band together to face Florence 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z Our tester included a nine-speaker Alpine sound system, which was just loud enough to overtop the tires. 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon: A Superhero Looking for a Mission 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The stage is where the audience congregates for this jocular update of a musical entertainment that is already overtopped with daffy cleverness. 'Pirates of Penzance,' with a piña colada: Gilbert & Sullivan plays as interactive party 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z And note how the service’s interface appears directly overtop Stranger Things in the main image at the top of this article. Everything we know about T-Mobile’s TV service coming in 2018 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Hours later, the waters overtopped the shore, washing across an empty lake shore drive. Hurricane Nate pelts Gulf Coast with strong winds, heavy rain as it makes landfall 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Officials released water from those reservoirs to ease the pressure, but at least one of the reservoirs still overtopped its banks. At least 22 confirmed dead as Harvey pivots toward Louisiana 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Brazoria County Judge Matt Sebesta said residents were warned that the levee would be overtopped at some point, and a mandatory evacuation order was given Sunday. Floodwaters in Houston Rise as 2 Dams and Levee Overflow 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The waters overtopped and breached the levee system in nine places, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The overlooked risk of levees as rainfall rises 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z I woke to discover that rivers and creeks had overtopped their banks, washing away roads and killing at least one person, a little girl swept into a storm drain. 'The blues still stands for authenticity': my Mississippi road trip 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z Nearly 200,000 Californians were evacuated this week after heavy winter rains following years of drought nearly overtopped the Oroville Dam, which is the tallest in the state. California farmers use floodwater to replenish aquifers 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z That would keep Oroville Dam, built at a different location, safe from being overtopped by water. The frantic fight to keep the Oroville Dam crisis from turning into a catastrophe 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z The river overtopped its banks in some areas and flooded streets Wednesday, but it began to drop later in the day. Latest: Strongest in series of storms hits soggy California 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Like many other low-lying areas, parts of the inundated areas of Pocahontas were developed over the last few decades, despite the risk of flooding should the levees be overtopped or fail. The overlooked risk of levees as rainfall rises 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The National Weather Service says the risk of flooding is high Wednesday north of San Francisco along the swollen Russian River, which overtopped its banks during a series of storms last month. Latest: Flood warnings in already soaked Northern California 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Flash flood watches from Northern California through the Central Coast as rains swamp roads, threaten to overtop rivers and creeks. 5 California Things to Know for Today 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z About 15 percent of Florida's Atlantic sand dunes were overtopped, less than the 24 percent the U.S. Hurricane Matthew damage to U.S. sand dunes less than forecast 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z But these sea walls are frequently penetrated as swells and storms overtop the walls, sometimes sending houses, built on stilts because of the impenetrability of permafrost, floating inland for miles. Above the Arctic Circle, climate change closes in on the remote town of Barrow 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z "The flood is pouring forth destruction. Boundless and overwhelming, it overtops hills and mountains," goes a quote attributed to the legendary Emperor Yao. Legends say China began in a great flood. Scientists just found evidence that the flood was real. 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Then, as the water overtopped the dam’s crest, the dam rapidly gave way, releasing up to 3.8 cubic miles of water, one of the largest known floods in the last 10,000 years. Scientific Evidence of Flood May Give Credence to Legend of China’s First Dynasty 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z The concern was that in the snowmelt season the dam would overtop and then collapse. Blogging the danger—and sometimes the art—of deadly landslides 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z And it's a pretty sick trailer: quick shots of Frank, Claire, money, DC, throngs, terror, all growing as eerie music builds overtop. 15 new trailers you should watch this week 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z The songs shudder and moan; the final track, “The Exchange,” stretches to eight minutes of sighing, pensive vocals floating overtop an acoustic guitar. Torres sprints into the spotlight with a more mature sound 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Big waves at high tide Thursday overtopped the breakwater in Los Angeles County’s Redondo Beach and encroached on residential beaches in Malibu. The Latest: Rain, snowfall totals reported after stormy week 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Star Wars is rightfully everywhere this week, and that includes on Facebook, which will now let you add a lightsaber overtop of your profile picture to get you in the mood for the new movie. Facebook will let you add a lightsaber to your profile picture this week 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Rough seas overtopped the Ventura Pier and seawater streamed through residential neighborhoods Friday. The Latest: $2 million in US funds for Northwest storm fix 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Rough seas overtopped the Ventura Pier during high tide and seawater streamed through residential neighborhoods, but no serious damage was reported. Lull in wintry storm on snow-starved Sierras 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z It's not that everything happening in the trailer is bad, it's just that the music overtop of it all is so bewilderingly inappropriate for the subject that it all seems terrible. 11 new trailers you should watch this week 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z A dam near homes in Columbia is overtopped by flooding on October 6. 4 Hidden Causes of Dam Failures 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z “What we want is this to be a strong structure that will be able to withstand that with limited to no damage from the overtopping.” Rising Sea Levels May Limit New Orleans Adaptation Efforts 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z In 2004, an exercise called “Hurricane Pam” tested the city in a hypothetical Category 3 storm, and the results showed the levees being overtopped by high waters, although it did not show the levee breaches. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Levees have been reinforced to limit the chance of being washed away if overtopped by an especially high storm surge – a key improvement since Katrina. Is New Orleans in danger of turning into a modern-day Atlantis? 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s putting pressure on these walls, and overtopping the levee and pouring in. What Social Scientists Learned from Katrina 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z They fail quickly if they are overtopped by rising water, which erodes their walls and causes them to collapse. 4 Hidden Causes of Dam Failures 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z They found that New Orleans levees would not overtop, but St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Grand Isle and much of the Mississippi coast would be underwater. Rising Sea Levels May Limit New Orleans Adaptation Efforts 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z There were also the elderly women draped in red and blue intricately patterned blankets overtop their black abayas and carrying puffy loaves of bread in clear plastic bags. Why I Miss Yemen 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z He shot his photograph overtop the infant against the black exam table, the bright overhead lights drawing deep shadow into the rest of his image. AP PHOTOS: After moment of fear, wounded Gaza girl goes home 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z The tsunami walls crumbled or were overtopped by the unexpectedly high waves. Learning how to limit tsunami misery 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The Weather Service issued a high-surf advisory from the Central Coast to Ventura County, saying “waves will overtop jetties and sea walls at times” and “will potentially wash into low-lying beach areas or parking lots.” Northern California Braces for Huge Storm 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z After making calls to some of his old sources, he concluded that the levees hadn’t been overtopped, as officials from the Army Corps of Engineers assumed, but had collapsed because of design flaws. The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit Ever 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Even with a huge beat overtop of it, the tone of Siffre's song comes through loud and clear. Kanye West's sampling: a listenable history 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z The commissioners are not the only advocates for the natural overtopping method of flood relief. Signs of damage remain 3 years after levee breach 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Flooding caused by ice jams has sent water into several neighborhoods in Worland and pushed water and ice within 3 feet of overtopping a federal levee in Greybull, Corps officials said. Flooding in central Montana strands hundreds, forces evacuations 2014-03-11T02:59:42Z The NRW is also is warning people in coastal communities not to walk or drive too close to the seafront to look at waves which are expected to be large enough to overtop defences. River bursts banks after heavy rain 2014-01-02T10:41:24Z Again, large waves caused by the very strong winds, particularly around times of high tide, may also become an issue with possible overtopping along exposed coasts. Forecasters predict 'severe gales' 2013-12-13T22:18:57Z When deciding on the scale and size of defences, Mr Rothwell said the Environment Agency focused its efforts on areas with the highest risk of "wave attacks and future overtopping". UK Floods: Learning lessons from the past 2013-12-06T04:54:42Z The Environment Agency said there was a "medium likelihood of minor coastal flooding impacts such as isolated instances of spray and wave overtopping". More wet weather 'brings flood risk' 2013-11-14T01:04:31Z Even then the oil contaminated a 65-kilometer-long stretch of river, overtopped several dams and deposited itself onto the vegetation in the flood plain. Will Canada s Proposed Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Muck Up Its Pacific Coast? 2013-03-05T18:45:09.870Z "But however high our defences are, there is always the chance that there will be a storm that will overtop them." Flood anniversary: Dutch lessons 2013-01-30T14:19:51Z Heavy rain is also predicted, while large waves caused by the very strong winds are likely to lead to overtopping on exposed western coastlines. Forecasters predict 'severe gales' 2013-12-13T22:18:57Z At many low spots along the dunes, the surge from the storm completely overtopped them. In Island’s Shifted Sands, Signs of a Hurricane’s Power 2012-12-17T23:28:15Z He supports dune restoration but also proposes limiting and mitigating development, including not rebuilding destroyed homes next to the beach and elevating others onto stilts to avoid flooding in the event that dunes are overtopped. After Hurricane Sandy, Dunes Prove They Blunt Storms 2012-12-04T21:49:33Z So when a protection fails or is overtopped by an exceptional events, consequences are larger. Dot Earth Blog: Lessons in Resilience from Hurricane Sandy 2012-11-03T01:02:40Z Mr. Murphy designed his barrier to protect against “overtopping waves” of an additional 8 feet, for a total height of 22 feet. Protecting New York City, Before Next Time 2012-11-05T15:40:31Z Sandy’s storm surge will be capable of overtopping the flood walls in Manhattan, which are only five feet above mean sea level. Hurricane Sandy's Storm Surge: A Preview of Things to Come 2012-10-29T19:50:44Z Rivers burst their banks and overtopped defences after exceptional rainfall hit the Aberystwyth area in June. Extra £440,000 for flood defences 2012-10-29T11:51:51Z The storm surge overtopped levees and inundated whole communities, stranding scores of people in their homes, some in their attics. Isaac Is Latest Blow to Swampy South Louisiana 2012-09-01T18:05:12Z Several levees in New Orleans were overtopped but for the most part held up as Isaac pounded the area with 9 to 12 inches of rain. Hurricane Isaac Causes Billions in Damage, But Far Less Than Katrina 2012-08-31T12:00:52Z The hardest hit area was Plaquemines Parish, southeast of New Orleans, where floodwaters overtopped at least one levee on Wednesday and left many homes under about 12 feet of water. Isaac Heads North after Soaking U.S. Gulf and New Orleans 2012-08-30T16:15:00.197Z Fears that a locally built gulf-side levee would be overtopped by Isaac’s massive surge were well founded. Tropical Storm Isaac Winds Slow as It Exits Louisiana 2012-08-30T11:26:54Z In largely abandoned Plaquemines Parish, Campbell said an 18-mile stretch along the thinly populated east bank was being overtopped by surge. Louisiana flood protection stays intact 2012-08-29T18:40:00Z One local hurricane levee, not part of the newly-fortified federal system that protects most of the area’s inhabitants, was overtopped, forcing residents onto their roofs to await rescue. Hurricane Isaac and New Orleans: It's All About Water 2012-08-29T15:06:01Z The fanatical Aurungzebe could build his mosque, 278 with its minaret so lofty as to overtop all the temples of Paganism; but he could not convert the idolaters. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Those storms, too, produced severe flooding that overtopped highways and streets, filled underground parking garages and basements, and triggered similar spoutings of untreated sewage into the lake and river. Can Chicago Handle the Coming Rains? 2012-04-04T16:45:10.660Z 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. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I said, standing up and overtopping him by eight inches. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The church whose dome overtops the convent is in imitation of the Pantheon. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The Buddhists, like the priests of some other religions, choose lofty sites for their places of worship, which, as they overtop the earth, seem to raise them nearer to heaven. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Behind it rose a bank of low shrubs overtopped by tall pines whose foliage had been so cropped that at a little distance they bore a striking resemblance to cocoanut palms. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Harry, taking his field-glasses from their case, scanned the mountain that overtopped the ravine, endeavouring to discover the form of the mysterious and terrible marksman who had created such alarm. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z But two things overtopped all the others for the moment. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z The sonata form is not desperately evaded, and in the rondo of the E minor Concerto he overtops Hummel on his native heath. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Some seventy miles from Allahabad stands a city which, to the devout Hindoo, is the most sacred place on earth—one which overtops all others, as the Himalayas overtop all other mountains on the globe. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The rifle which he held in front of him overtopped him by at least a foot. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z Andrew Taylor having married Lilian Howard when she was but seventeen, Lilian Kip, in spite of two husbands and her embarrassingly overtopping child, found herself even now but thirty. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z One behind the other they lie in massive splendour, and, more distant still, the faint blue outline of some giant overtops the rest, with here and there a rugged peak standing out against the sky. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z Far ahead in the throng I saw the head and shoulders of Jack Mount overtopping them all. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z They look shadowy enough at this distance—seventy miles as the crow flies—Mount Washington, grand and grim, its head muffled in a mantle of clouds, overtopping all. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Annesley Park Giant trees overtop the chimneys and bower the walls of the venerable mansion. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z He heard their thunders, and laughed: that was not his idea of the instrument, a thing, in their hands, that could overtop an orchestra playing fortissimo. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z It has several large villages, slightly raised and well planted, a few of them with the large fortified houses of resident proprietors overtopping the smaller dwellings. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z In Mr. Roosevelt's day the two governments, government by business and political government, existed side by side, of about equal proportions; and no one really wished either to overtop the other. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z They have long since become, for me, the danger that overtops all others. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Great ash-trees, which were old when the sage dwelt beneath them, overtop the house; many beautiful flowers—some survivors of those planted by Carlyle and his wife—bloom in the yard. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z If he did not share the strong convictions of the honest men, he overtopped them by sheer ability, and as to the others he knew nothing either of their malice or their fear. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The hovels were thatched for the most part, but here and there a square white-washed house, with a flat roof, overtopped the rest. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z One towers above all for a moment, only to be overtopped by the one behind it next instant. When a Cobbler Ruled a King 2012-01-15T03:00:13.430Z There are curious effects in architecture, where the barns and other outbuildings far overtop the dwellings, and have to be reached by flights of steps or angling paths. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z This tree would overtop the tallest living Sequoia by 125 feet. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z Fielding Thaneford had found his feet again; he must, in his prime, have been a big and powerful man, for he still overtopped his stalwart son by full two inches of height. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z The tent door faced the west, and in front there rose a range of mountains, dark and lofty, ridge overtopping ridge, and wonderfully distinct. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z Surrounded by a group of dominoes stood the kind Don Feliciano Gomez, whose shining, bald, pyramidical head overtopped the circle of ladies around him as they cracked their insufferable jokes, which sometimes bordered on insults. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The bluff overtopping Manhattan is a quarry of excellent hard sandstone, and a half dozen men were dressing blocks for shipment, on the rocky shore above us. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z And in the midst of all the present turmoil of his senses one emotion overtopped all the others—a feeling of intense curiosity to behold the arch-expert in misogyny handling the situation. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The mountain was very high and with steep sides, and the way to it led through narrow passes, which were here and there overtopped by high walls of rock. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z And there was the grand king of inventions—the Phonograph—that overtops all the rest. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z The righteousness of Christ covers all, as Noah's flood overtopped the highest hills.—He can think calmly about things to come, and yet not be afraid. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z At such times she would lean upon his arm, grandly indifferent to the fact that her stature overtopped his own, and stare with her severe black eyes at all the passing phases of costume. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z The graveyard lay near the town center, overtopped by the pine-covered hill which bore three austere white buildings—church, town-hall, and grange. Out of the Air 2011-11-21T03:00:14.460Z In his youth, in the silence of the wood, A forest of saplings around him stood; But he overtopped them all. The Coo-ee Reciter 2011-11-20T03:00:16.890Z He had not been long walking when he saw, right before him, a great tree laden with fruit, overtopping all the other trees of the plain. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z In height it rises to the very heavens, and overtops the neighbouring buildings like a ship anchored among them. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z The roses had withered in the pretty little garden, and the autumnal asters raised their many-coloured heads, overtopped by the tall and brilliant sunflowers. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z We soon come to a high hill overtopped by a wood. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z One act only, overtops the events submerged by time, an event that sober history passed by, little knowing that it was the one fact, richer than all others, in the annals, under its scrutiny. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z His administration was the last in which this question, or the question springing from it, did not overtop and dwarf in importance all others. Thomas Hart Benton 2011-10-09T02:00:26.053Z An hour's ride from Lancaster, on the morning of the nineteenth, brought to view the motley array of chimneys and towers that overtop the "Queen City of the Lakes." Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z In a corner of the hearth grew a sumach that bid fair in a short time to overtop all that was left of the chimney. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z At the top of this hill, and somewhat apart from the rest of the trees, there stood a tree very straight and tall, overtopping the others, so that it formed a very clear mark. Palm Tree Island 2011-09-21T02:00:31.730Z The proposal of annexation overtopped all other issues in the campaign of that year. Lincoln, the Politician 2011-10-11T02:01:06.270Z They constitute a forest of young trees, whose true magnitude has become perceptible only since the fall of that century-old oak by whose branches they had been so completely overtopped and overshadowed. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Yet, one cry I, too, would drive up like a column erect, Marble to marble, from my heart to heaven, A monument of anguish to transpierce And overtop your vapoury complaints Expressed from feeble woes. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z There stood in a grove sacred to Ceres, a stately oak which overtopped the trees around as they did the garden shrubs. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Surging water overtopped an old levee on Sunday night, making the main highway through the parish impassable. Louisiana coastal towns struggle with storm flooding 2011-09-05T16:25:10Z The tidal surge overtopped a back levee near Myrtle Grove in Plaquemines Parish, and pushed water into homes in Lafitte, a community of about 2,000 homes. New Orleans feeling lucky, wary as storm nears land 2011-09-04T02:00:46Z Army Corps of Engineers had delayed an upgrade of a local levee that so far was holding up but had seen overtopping from the storm surge. Evacuations, flooding, warnings as Lee approaches New Orleans 2011-09-03T17:13:24Z What I do, I do volitient, not obedient, And overtop thy crown with my despair My sorrow crowns me. The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Vol. I 2011-09-20T02:00:18.217Z The hedges consist of tiny silvery bushes, with rosy red pointed branches, and the lofty grasses with their woolly spear-heads shoot up so high, that a tall man walking amongst them would not overtop them. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, water overtopped a levee outside a floodwall on the Harvey Canal, But officials said the wall, built after Hurricane Katrina, remains solid and should protect nearby homes. Louisiana coastal towns struggle with storm flooding 2011-09-05T16:25:10Z Some areas got more than eight inches of rain in a 24-hour period, overtopping creeks and rivers and causing flash floods. Relief Workers Reach Most Vermont Towns Isolated by Floodwaters 2011-08-31T12:57:24Z From the juncture of the Canal d'Orleans with the Loire one sees shining in the brilliant sunlight the roof-tops of Orleans, the Aurelianum of the Romans, its hybrid cathedral overtopping all else. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z It flows on towards the invisible sea, whose yellow sails overtop the grey marshland. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z Here was a nature that overtopped his own at all points. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z It filled the hall with electric feeling, surging in waves that overtopped all decorum and made the hour significant and momentous. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z “Ah, this is not the Firs either!” she cried, as they reached some low underwood—nut-tree and hawthorn and thick bramble, overtopped by some stunted beeches, with but two or three firs among them. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z The place, rough as it is, gives shelter, and, throwing the door open, there is a vista among the ash-poles and the hazel bushes overtopped with great fir trees and more distant oaks. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z We may be disappointed when the woods, which we had seen as vague, moss-like blue before the sun had overtopped the hills, become at midday a mere vast lettuce-bed. Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua 2011-08-25T02:00:33.233Z I climbed a young but good-sized plane which overtopped the wall. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z And of the instincts, that of self-preservation easily overtops all others. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z But then, I had the key in my heart, and could read it as he meant; though truly it was an exercise for me to find means to overtop all difficulties and meet him. A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z His gigantic form, overtopping all about him, and the unwearied strength of his arm, that scattered his enemies like stubble, attracted Pappenheim's attention. Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague 2011-07-27T02:00:26.233Z We can let them build their temple, so long as we overtop it with the school-house and the college. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z Some of the latest breaches were in Carroll County, Missouri, about 60 miles east of Kansas City where some barriers have been overtopped by floodwaters, threatening roads and smaller communities. Missouri River floodwaters taking more farmland 2011-07-13T21:48:38Z Man's relationship to God is to be the supreme relation overtopping and overseeing everything else. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z "It doesn't appear there is an overtopping breach that is forming at this time." Water flowing over levee threatens Missouri highway 2011-07-09T01:07:05Z Landscapes of the boldest composition would be continual, but that the road, formed into a deep hollow, and overtopped by hedge-row elms, excludes the traveller from almost every view but that of his embowered track. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire 2011-07-08T02:00:18.387Z There were islets upon which grew reeds, sedges, and canes, surmounted by groups of caricas, and laurel-magnolias, the exogenous trees overtopped by the tall, feathery palm. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z The southern coast, as we have already said, consists of a long narrow strip of argillaceous schist and detritus, with a very steep inclination, and overtopped throughout its length by high cliffs of jura limestone. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z With just centimeters remaining before the radioactive water overtops its storage, however, another release of contaminated water to the ocean looks ever more likely. Fukushima Meltdown Mitigation Aims to Prevent Radioactive Flood 2011-06-24T11:15:02.380Z “I would project that the levee in Minot would overtop some time this afternoon.” City in North Dakota Braces for Flooding 2011-06-22T18:30:36Z It barreled south to Vicksburg, Miss., overtopped the levees, and forced the Yazoo River to flow backwards for three days. The Mississippi River Flood and the Katrina Risk 2011-06-09T21:00:00Z When the bloom wanes, and is nearly overtopped by the leaves, the time has come that I find best for dividing and replanting. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z But there are other men, markedly inferior to these, who yet overtop Lytton. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z Rocks overtop the town-hall, and birds flying from the crags can look straight down into the greystone streets, and upon the flat roofs of the squat houses. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z “They are virtually certain that the levee system is going to be overtopped, and there’s nothing they can do about it,” said Pat Slattery, a spokesman with the National Weather Service. City in North Dakota Braces for Flooding 2011-06-22T18:30:36Z Better look to it, dearie, before the ugly thing quite overtops the mignonette and the pinks! Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z When a flood comes along that's bigger than that design standard, the levee will be overtopped or fail. Levees and the illusion of flood control [Explainer] 2011-05-20T14:15:00.253Z Battling the flooding this year, the Army Corps of Engineers placed high-density plastic sheeting along a four-mile back section of the levee near Vicksburg to keep it from eroding if it is overtopped. Historic Vicksburg, Mississippi faces flood siege 2011-05-17T02:30:38Z The levees that are set back from the river channels also tend to be comprised of more clay, which provides increased soil cohesion, which is critical to the levees' ability to survive overtopping. That Sinking Feeling: How Can Flood Protection Be Improved? [Slide Show] 2011-05-13T22:15:00.217Z “No overtopping is expected on the Mississippi River levees.” Mississippi and Louisiana Brace for Surge of Water 2011-05-12T16:03:18Z Its green front door with the brass plate stood in the High Street, but its garden wall overtopped the river, and its side windows looked out over the fields to the open country. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z Right: Levee overtopping and failure was so widespread in the 1927 Mississippi River flood, that sometimes there was no dry land left except atop the levees. Levees and the illusion of flood control [Explainer] 2011-05-20T14:15:00.253Z Hastily overtopping the hill, they eagerly looked down into the valley beyond. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z You only have to survive six to eight hours of overtopping, even in the largest hurricane. That Sinking Feeling: How Can Flood Protection Be Improved? [Slide Show] 2011-05-13T22:15:00.217Z The overtopping of the backwater levee is by design, to relieve pressure. In Mississippi Delta, All Eyes on a Swelling River 2011-05-06T23:46:37Z The house stood on the slope of a steep hill, so that this wall overtopped the road below like a crag. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Everything is on a slope, overtopped by the green hill behind. A Month in Yorkshire 2011-04-24T02:00:10.977Z Wooden towers were built on the walls to overtop the towers of the besiegers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The towering pine overtopping its less exalted fellows, in the dark sombre green of the Canadian livery of the woods, added a picturesque charm to the scene. The Last Laird of MacNab An Episode in the Settlement of MacNab Township, Upper Canada 2011-04-14T02:00:54.620Z When the backwater levees are overtopped, Rolling Fork will remain dry, though cut off from Vicksburg — if the levee holds, that is. In Mississippi Delta, All Eyes on a Swelling River 2011-05-06T23:46:37Z Cryptic and steady it blazed, overtopping a quick-change series of electric messages regarding the merits of divers brands of underwear, chewing gum, pneumatic tires, corsets, automobiles, hosiery, movies and such. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z It overtopped the other trees as far as they stretched above the shrubs. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z While Garth and his two coadjutors were still listening, the great clock—from the tower that overtopped the mansion—tolled the hour of twelve. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z If it germinates at all, the young tree is so tiny and feeble that bushes, weeds, and grass, overtop and smother it. What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science 2011-03-29T02:00:08.937Z Perhaps the saddest observation by scientists outside Japan is that, even through the narrow lens of recorded tsunamis, the potential for easily overtopping the anti-tsunami safeguards at Fukushima should have been recognized. Nuclear Rules in Japan Relied on Old Science 2011-03-26T22:29:42Z The corn was at full growth, and its tall culms and broad lanceolate leaves would have overtopped the head of a man on horseback. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z At Barre there are mountains of it; though there so overtopped by the lofty peaks of Mansfield and "Tah-be-de-wadso," they bear such humble names as Cobble Hill and Millstone Hill. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z I am by no means tall; five feet eight inches is, here in America, about the average; but when I walked among that Belfast crowd, I overtopped it by half a head. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z In the course of about three months it overtops the grass and proceeds to travel. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z This, after the fiasco of the prayer-meeting, was a climax of woe; it overtopped and extinguished all the rest; her soul was nothing to her now. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z It got its name from its having the armory bell suspended in a turret which overtopped the roof. The Strange Story of Harper's Ferry With Legends of the Surrounding Country 2011-03-04T03:00:59.137Z Some trees naturally grow faster than others, and they attain additional light and room to spread laterally, thus overtopping others which are suppressed and finally killed, beaten in the race for life. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z It was a rough passage, naught save gray rock and flowering ling, or heather, growing so wild and bushy that in parts it overtopped his height. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The brimming waters of the Yser, swollen by the recent heavy rains, now almost overtopped its banks. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z With both seepage and overtopping there would be plenty of warning that the dam was in jeopardy, allowing Lake Isabella and Bakersfield residents to evacuate. Pent Up Behind Aging Dams: Danger 2011-02-21T15:57:53Z Through modern Belgrade runs a fine street more than a mile long, overtopped about the middle by the golden domes of the new palace. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 1 (of 10) From the Beginning of the War to the Landing of the British Army in France 2011-02-19T03:01:09.157Z He went through much forest, then came out to a country of rocks, where great red hills overtopped the largest trees; and still he travelled on, down the rock paths and through the deep clefts. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z In the nave the triforium is omitted, and the clerestory only overtops the pillars of nave and aisles. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z Still there might be some elevated spot, a ridge or mound, that overtopped the inundation. Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops 2011-02-10T03:00:44.790Z It tries to climb upon the shoulders of the bourgeoisie, who are now the representatives of the most highly developed forms of economy; and it thinks that it will be able to overtop. Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century 2011-02-09T03:00:48.103Z In her a medley strange Of doubts and fears is seen, and overtopping wrath, Bewailings, bitter groans of anguish.—Whither tends This overburdened soul? Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z Great as had been his college successes, his triumphs at the bar overtopped them all. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z For sheer novelty, before even the towering bronze statue of the Virgin, which overtops the cathedral, must be placed that other needle-like basaltic eminence which is crowned by a tiny chapel dedicated to St. Michel. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these. Literature for Children 2011-02-02T03:00:21.560Z But overtopping all, just now, was his wrath at the flippant assurance of his son's note, and the very evident confidence in a final forgiveness that the note showed. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z In the foreground, half hidden by big cotton-wood trees, and overtopped by a windmill and water tank, stood a long, low ranch house, with numerous outbuildings and corrals about it. The Boy Scouts On The Range 2011-01-27T03:00:45.810Z We are always saying how small the world is, and we had it suddenly brought home to us as we stood there under the shadow of those overtopping heights. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z Child as she was, the hitherto unconquered Georgia felt that she stood in the presence of a strong will, that surmounted and overtopped her own by its very depth, intensity and calmness. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z On a height in a corner towards the west, overtopping the town by 100-200 ft., are the remains of the old citadel, and the two famous Corinthian columns23 known as “the Throne of Nimrūd.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z The shrieking of the urchins, their mothers' scolding overtopped the general noise. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Christians were cast to the lions, but the Christian church grew up a stately and spreading tree, overtopping the older and less vigorous growths, and stifling them by its shade. On Liberty 2011-01-12T03:00:34.363Z And if all robbery, usury, unchastity and all the other sins were cast upon one great heap, this sin would overtop it—even at the time and place of seeming greatest silliness. Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume II) 2011-01-11T03:00:31.950Z The latter thus soon becomes a forest of weeds, which, insignificant at first, soon develop into trees with branches, so that by the second season these overtop the head of a man on horseback. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z A haberdasher's warehouse overtops the church of the Blessed Trinity; the roof of the shop is almost as tall as the very tower of the church. Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) 2010-12-20T17:11:42.357Z In vain did we listen to the watchful nightingale, whose song overtopped the noise of the water-gate. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z “Being overtopped and getting a little bit wet is a lot different from having a breach,” Ms. Durham-Aguilera said. In New Orleans, Ring of Protection Is Close to Completion 2010-08-23T18:09:00Z While Philip was thus willing to exalt the religious order, already far too powerful, he was careful that it should never gain such a height as would enable it to overtop the royal authority. History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies On he came, Straight to the sound, and curled around the priest His mighty folds innocuous, overtopping His human height, and arching down his head, Sought in their hands for food. Heathen Mythology It can scale precipices, overtop mountains, encompass seas. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Oily pools stood here and there; the pavement, bespattered with mud, was covered all over with dirty rags, greasy papers, vegetable peelings, and, overtopping all the rest, what Antoinette pompously called "human dejections." Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z At a short distance from it was another mound, overtopped with grass of a fresher kind. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 A wooden structure or agger had been raised by the Romans to overtop the walls, which had proved impregnable to the assaults of the battering-ram. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The approaches were narrow and easy to defend; there were often double walls, and in many cases the old towers still overtopped the battlements and gates. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. When he came aloft, spray was whistling from stem to stern, and behind was a wake that overtopped the racer itself. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories The silver threads of the latter fell over the exquisite color and finished form of the azalea, and all was overtopped by a branch of flaring crimson honeysuckle. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 More than that, if he, Braden, overtopped that figure, they would let him keep the land, and they would make a townsite elsewhere. The Land of Strong Men A like activity seemed to prevail in the forts above the city, and the roll of the drum and the bugle-call occasionally could be heard overtopping all other sounds. Tony Butler The enormous weight which each tree carries makes it more difficult to bear the gales, as it overtops the forest. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 A very gentle ascent led him, after some five hundred yards, to a reef, overtopped by actual hills of sand, but of sand so firm that he did not hesitate to set foot on it. The Tremendous Event Her eyes rested on the vast range of towering peaks, summit piled on summit, and, in the distance, a peak overtopping them all. On the Heights A Novel The sacredness of humanity is gradually overtopping the prerogatives of class. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 They vie in prestige with the finest examples of Corot, Diaz, Troyon, or Daubigny; and in monetary supremacy they overtop the rarest and grandest of Chinese porcelains. The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. Even the haggard philosopher Pithop�us, who overtopped by a head all his neighbours, was threading his way through the throng to his usual Tusculum. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle William Applebaum, or Billy, as Kathleen called him, was a short man, stockily built, whose little length of limb and small hands were overtopped by a large head that commanded attention. The Shadow He had scarcely set his foot on the floor, before he overtopped the bench. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 This is just the condition to be expected if Rocky River reached its present outlet by overtopping a low col at the head of its former eastern branch. Drainage Modifications and Glaciation in the Danbury Region Connecticut State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 30 When standing he overtopped every man in a regiment of six-footers. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter All along the line, fragments of rocks roll down from the overtopping crests, crushing and decimating the compact mass of soldiers below. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century They run up swiftly, as straight as a rod, till they overtop the veterans. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The Faery Queen and The Pilgrim’s Progress have been so important in England that Allegory has overtopped Symbolism, and for a time has overwhelmed it in its own downfall. Ideas of Good and Evil On the evening of our taking possession, I stood at the door of our new abode, watching the moon rise and overtop two stately palms which formed the immediate foreground of our landscape. Reminiscences, 1819-1899 The waves rose mountain high, as if they would overtop the mast, but the ship dived like a swan between them, then rose again on their lofty, foaming crests. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series At that moment I took in that they were all young men, of any age not much overtopping twenty, consequently at the most reckless and mischievous stage of human existence. A Frontier Mystery Among those who watched the proceedings with a more than common interest was a large burly man, in the brown robe of a Carthusian, whose bald, bare head overtopped the surrounders. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier The composition of the picture is most artistic; I admire the way the tree has been arranged to just overtop the chimney, and the large corn stook to bring the eye down to the foreground. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Indignation now overtopped all barriers, and a shower of stones and arrows suddenly fell upon the unhappy monarch. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Heaths of many a gorgeous hue—purple, golden, and azure—clad a surface ever changing, and ferns that would have overtopped a tall horseman mingled their sprayey leaves with the wild myrtle and the arbutus. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The ambition of the Douglases, however, knew no bounds, and in actual fact their power often not only rivalled but overtopped that of the crown. Women of England Cotopaxi is frequently described as one of the most beautiful mountain masses of the world, rivalling the celebrated Fujiyama of Japan in its symmetry of outline, but overtopping it by more than 7000 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" In the centre of this place was a small and antique Temple of Venus, overtopped by a single palm-tree, while burning-red saxifrage grew in the now empty niches of its outer walls. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 There is use also of ambitious men in pulling down the greatness of any subject that overtops: as Tiberius used Macro in the pulling down of Sejanus. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time A wide vista of rolling green fields stretched away to a range of foothills, overtopped in the far distance by snow mountains. Lord Stranleigh Abroad In this way went on the first act; groans and yells and cat-calls overtopping all I tried to say, and screams for the manager to come out issuing from every part of the house. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas I walked in the shade of mulberry-trees, between the golden fields of corn, and along the vineyards on the chain of hills, overtopped by the gray Sevennes. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Torna His white teeth, his red lips that never reproved in anger— His shape like a fiery blaze overtopping the warriors of Erin. Ancient Irish Poetry My weapons were so prodigiously long, that their but-ends considerably overtopped the boundary of my pockets, and gave me thoroughly the air of a highwayman. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Rattleborough was an acquaintance, but not a particular friend of Stranleigh’s; nevertheless, a Duke overtops a mere Earl in social eminence, much as the Singer building overtops the structure next to it. Lord Stranleigh Abroad What a triumph to my skill in divination as I heard the Friar's loud voice overtopping the gushing flood, while he exhorted his beasts in the most energetic fashion! Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas In North Carolina alone the mountains cover 6,000 square miles, with an average elevation of 2,700 feet, and with twenty-one peaks that overtop Mount Washington. Our Southern Highlanders It was humorous to see his air of sweeping condescension toward the tall and dignified manager of the theatre who easily overtopped him by a head. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time In certain species intolerant of shade, the tree which is overtopped has lost the race for good. The Training of a Forester After tea we ascended to Auerbach Castle, which occupies a hill above the town, still far overtopped, however, by the height of Melibocus. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 I am not aware whether my infantine movements were peculiarly seductive or not; but I have been told that I went through my gamut at a key that even overtopped the iaughter around me. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Self-interest and self-preservation furnish motives enough to excite our exertions.' * * 'By thus repressing the rapid increase of blacks, the white population would be enabled to reach and soon overtop them. Thoughts on African Colonization This hedge bristles with pines, droops with willows, and is overtopped by gigantic horse-chestnuts. Home Life of Great Authors His power to commit a suspect added to his terrors, and gave to the capable, astute official a mundane formidableness that overtopped the charnel-house flavor of his more habitual duties. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories The Vicar of Aufhausen he overtopped by a head, and all his limbs were coarse and uncouth. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 The busy season had now fairly commenced: wages were fast mounting up to the level of the former year, which they ultimately overtopped; and employment had become very abundant. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. The arum-fringed lane widens before the outer wall of the church, overtopped by its triangular gable. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion Nine feet six by seven wide by seven high At the for’ard end a bunk overtopped by two ports looking out upon the main deck. An Ocean Tramp Now look here,” he went on, kindling in spite of himself, “I respect any man who has grounds–discoverable grounds–for respecting himself, and if you are a man, then ‘sir’ won’t overtop you any.” The Missourian Being the first and most elemental of our five physiological systems the Alimentive—when it overtops the others—produces a more elemental, infantile nature. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types You are too beautiful–in a superior, overtopping way. The Pines of Lory He had seen the group of little yellow men clustered about and urging along a single figure that slightly overtopped them; a figure clad in a gray overcoat. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The thought of putting away all hope of seeing Ben Fordyce came at last to overtop all Bertha's other regrets as the lordly peak overrode the clouds—and yet she was determined to go. Money Magic A Novel Seen from the top of the tallest building, the sky line was, as yet, an array of plumy pines, which still stood thick among the hardwood trees and, head and shoulders, overtopped them. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country As Thomas Jefferson stood, he overtopped the men about him head and shoulders in physical stature, as he did in every other measure of a man. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman The Scandinavians had their great ash "Yggdrasill," whose triple root reaches to the depths of the universe, while its majestic stem overtops the heavens and its branches fill the world. Bible Romances First Series He gazed with mildness, almost with blandness, upon the enchantress, as if some prodigy of nature overtopping all human power of comment had taken place before him. Tante Things which are exchanged for one another can no more all fall, or all rise, than a dozen runners can each outrun all the rest, or a hundred trees all overtop one another. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy And overtopping this was another happiness, which, he was just beginning to realize, completely filled his thoughts these days: the prospect of crowning each day's adventures by telling them all to Belle. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country He immediately copied Fred's example, so that there were now two rails reaching out in the direction of the hole, their further ends actually overtopping the gap in the ice. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School As for ourselves, fortunate islanders! we have never had a great man so immensely great as to overtop the whole, like Charlemagne in his day. Amaryllis at the Fair A brazen sky overtopped the scene, giving to green foliage and yellow sands alike, a glare as of terrific artificial light. The Pirate Woman It seemed to him that his love overtopped the hills and swept to the very throne of God. The Eye of Dread It rose high into the air, overtopping even the great Memorial Tower. Slaves of Mercury Doubtless there were, and there are still, plenty of Pograms who are convinced that Henry Clay and Daniel Webster overtop all the intellectual giants of the Old World. The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures The fear of losing it began to overtop all other fear. Diana The Chapel of the Rosary in the north transept is overtopped by an effective arrangement of perpendicular window-framing, supporting a beautiful rose window of the spoke variety. The Cathedrals of Northern France Thornbury quotes an old inhabitant, who writes of Leigh Hunt's cottage as having a "pretty balcony environed with creepers, and a tall arbor vit� which almost overtops the roof." Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London Those landmarks which to one within the circle seem to stand out and overtop the world are to the eyes of him without dwarfed often into insignificance, and other points rise into importance. The Soul of a People Narcisse smiled to himself; for he was conscious of one advantage that overtopped all the sacredness of female helplessness, public right, or any other thing whatsoever. Dr. Sevier This is a sad Reception from a Conquest, And puts an awful Gloom upon our Joy; I fear his Grief will overtop his Reason; A Lover weeps with more than common Pain. Ponteach The Savages of America The triforium is remarkably beautiful and is overtopped by a range of clerestory windows which to an appreciable extent contain good early glass. The Cathedrals of Northern France Captain Corn, in the garden, Straight and strong and tall, No matter how high his neighbors grow, He overtops them all. Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The overtopping main peaks were too distant to be used by our bowmen. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight How he overtops in the Cabinet those myrmidons with their many petty notions! Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 Right before us, across the lake, was The Cobbler, which appeared to rise directly from the water; but, in fact, it overtopped another hill, being a considerable way behind. Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 The two uncompleted square towers overtop all, pierced by the two great lancets, which,105 with respect to mere proportions, are unusual if not unique. The Cathedrals of Northern France Temperance, and finance—which is but another name for the labor movement—and woman's rights, are three radical questions which overtop all others in value and importance. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Toward the middle of the nineteenth century the growing of sugar cane overtopped that of coffee in profit, and many planters abandoned coffee. All About Coffee Not so much, however, Lady Keith's plaything as her pride; while pride had a less share in the affection of the other two, or rather perhaps was more overtopped by it. The Wide, Wide World "Not he," said the Major, overtopping the General's quiet, restrained voice with his falsetto. Somehow Good The idea is of one who has overtopped his equals, and grown too high for the public safety. The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar The site is nearly in the middle of ancient Rome, and commands a fine view of the other hills, the Capitol only overtopping it. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge "Broad is his breast, his shoulders larger spread, Though great Atrides overtops his head." The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Wire netting is stretched overtop of the deflecting cone to catch the lighter, more volatile embers which may defy the action of the cone. The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 A few medinical and odoriferous herbs were scattered here and there, and a few solitary flowers overtopped the tangling briars below; but there was plenty of fruit on the shrubbery and trees. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father The weeds had got a master start there, and the feeble feathery asparagus shoots were quite overtopped and lost. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm This, like Goliath among the Philistines, overtops all the rest. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I A thickly growing patch of stunted pine trees rising abruptly in the background literally overtopped the tiled roof. The New Tenant But though surrounded by other sorts, they were overtopped by none. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt “I!” replied the voice; and at the same instant a young man leaped upon one of the benches, and stood with his head overtopping the crowd. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Before long they retreated to a distance and grew bigger, and at last, far off, appeared the mountains, overtopping all one great white peak, the "Giver of gold, king of eternal hills." A Bird-Lover in the West This ancient Châteauneuf, like the court end of so many old cities, has narrow, winding streets overtopped by high buildings. In Château Land Exactly why he did this was not made clear, for the day of the book play is over, and there was nothing in “Nancy Stair” that overtopped the gently commonplace. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 The front walls overtop and conceal the roofs, running up and terminating in blunted triangles surmounted by gables. Holland, v. 1 (of 2) But Vincent knew How far high failure overtops the bounds Of low success. Life of St. Vincent de Paul Such on Eurotas' banks, or Cynthia's height,/ Diana seems; and so she charms the sight,/ When in the dance the graceful goddess leads/ The Quire of Nymphs, and overtops their heads./ The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry The trees on the higher level scarcely overtop it; in part, it is outlined against the sky. The Book of the National Parks They were without order or discipline or training of any sort, and were averse to the sight of officers overtopping them on horseback. Lectures on the French Revolution But the lately acquired style was lost on him this time, overtopped by the presence of Miss Lavina, who gazed at him with a prolonged and steady stare. That Girl Montana Can anything be more lovely than a meadow in June, its tall grass overtopped by daisies, whose open faces, "Candid and simple and nothing-withholding and free, Publish themselves to the sky"? Little Brothers of the Air The waves rose mountains high, as if they would have overtopped the mast; but the ship dived like a swan between them, and then rose again on their lofty, foaming crests. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The temptation in a complex school system, where children are grouped by hundreds and thousands, to allow the detail of administration to overtop the functions of education is often irresistible. The New Education A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) The wicked and ugly stepmother tops, but does not overtop, her part, and her punishment is not commonplace. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The mother watched the broad brow, which was whiter than it used to be; the fine shoulders, which were even straighter and broader than of old; and the father noticed that his son overtopped him. A Red Wallflower But then the thought of the reward and the fancied grudge he owed Jack overtopped every other consideration. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Though to a few, perhaps, certain plans for the coming summer overtopped even these in importance. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers He went forward, and, pushing aside the underwood with both hands, motioned to us to follow him till he stopped on a ledge of rock which overtopped a hollow in the mountain. The Crack of Doom But one reason overtopped all others: an enlarged service to man, attempted and achieved solely in dependence upon God, would afford a correspondingly weightier witness to the Hearer of prayer. George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God He was a soldier in the most comprehensive sense; and if he did not overtop his colleagues in a knowledge of the science of war, he was at least their equal. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History She strained her voice to overtop the din. The Convert In the little compound thus enclosed, and almost overtopping the cabin, were half a dozen peach and plum trees, veritable geyser jets of pink and white bloom. Penguin Persons & Peppermints He stood alone upon the rock which overtopped the dell. The Crack of Doom Moreover there were various tempting sites, open to the formation of a new colony, which, with so numerous a body of original Greek settlers, would probably have overtopped Sinôpê herself. The Two Great Retreats of History In his influence on Gloria's life, the strong man had overtopped the man of genius by head and shoulders. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 It is verily the most wonderful part of his Return, overtopping anything that Achilles did. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary There is just one point in Union Square, for example, about halfway round “dead man's curve,” where you see the tapering pyramid and the golden lantern overtopping the high buildings between. Penguin Persons & Peppermints Sometimes pastures are full of little hummocks of trees that have not yet been able to overtop the grazers. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 The small boy stood up on the seat, and Dane squatting on his haunches, overtopped us all. A Poor Man's House It crowns a hilltop, with its diminutive and unusual red-roofed church overtopping all and visible from the river, or from the rolling country round about, for many miles. The Automobilist Abroad Again ascending, with extreme rapidity, by an oblique flight, it a second time overtopped its antagonist, and darted upon it like a flash of lightning. Adventures of a Young Naturalist From an overtopping rascal he had dwindled to my shoulder. Chimney-Pot Papers The judge was considering that if his companion should rise she would equal or overtop his height. The Opened Shutters If I had more money these considerations might, with me, overtop all others. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 It includes necessarily much pain, much uninterrupted sadness; and yet the brightness and sunshine quite overtop the gloom. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete The long, low lake and the small, perched villages, grossly overtopped by vulgar hotel palaces, had a far more fugitive air. The Dark Tower Unless His method changes we may surely hope that He will do something similar hereafter, for love is the plant that must overtop all others in the whole Kingdom of God. The Gospel of the Hereafter Indeed, he now overtopped Rusty by half a head. The Tale of Rusty Wren Here he found himself near a large oak, which had rooted itself in the rock crevices, and grew upward so as to overtop the castle hill. Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Had I been allowed more time to build my cairn—time to have made it high enough to overtop the waves, and firm enough to resist them, I should have felt less apprehension. The Boy Tar The monk held erect with the left arm a great wooden cross that overtopped his head. With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds They found she lay broadside on to a bank of sand, by the edge of which she had sunk till it overtopped her decks. Faces and Places Many are but 50 feet in height, and there are regular, peaky, and prettily-shaped little mountain ranges, the summits of which overtop the plain but five to ten yards. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan However, it little mattered, for he had now determined that this character should be perceptible even to the meanest intelligence—as overtopping as it had become to his own sense in the living man. A London Life and Other Tales We went ahead, breaking through drifts of loose snow which overtopped our sleds, and lashed by the furious wind, which drove full in our faces. Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland Your statesman of a mental stature somewhat overtopping that of the machine-person puts his faith in law. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Tough McCarty, overtopping his antagonist by four good inches, stood on the defensive, seeking only to ward off the storm of frantic blows that rained on him. The Varmint True, delay makes for peace, but a peace that is to be a struggle to overtop one another in armaments may be more costly in every sense than sharp and decisive warfare. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan The Queen would not be better able than her subjects to measure the particular mode in which Ralegh overtopped his neighbours. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography This only: to overtop him and smother him by casting himself down upon him from above. The Shadow Witch They were in a far more important part of the city, passing better houses, some with fair gardens; palm and mimosa trees overtopped walls. In the Mahdi's Grasp |
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