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That said, some wineries and accommodations are perched atop steep hills or a bit further out of town.
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Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Boise State sits atop the Mountain West standings ahead of Fresno State’s trip to The Blue next week, which will be followed by a bye week.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2025
Patriots fans were ecstatic when head coach Mike Vrabel was hired this offseason, but few believed that seven weeks into the season New England would sit atop the AFC East and rank second in the AFC.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Optimizing Orion Launching atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, NASA’s Orion spacecraft quite literally is the foundation on which the Artemis II mission rests.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
Boise State sits atop the Mountain West standings ahead of Fresno State’s trip to The Blue next week, which will be followed by a bye week.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2025
Patriots fans were ecstatic when head coach Mike Vrabel was hired this offseason, but few believed that seven weeks into the season New England would sit atop the AFC East and rank second in the AFC.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Optimizing Orion Launching atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, NASA’s Orion spacecraft quite literally is the foundation on which the Artemis II mission rests.
—Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for atop
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Second, the government data flow has been choppy in October, but alternative indicators and prior releases still point to slower growth alongside inflation that remains above target but trending less sticky at the margin.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Greece, which saw its debt ratio balloon above 200% during the COVID-19 crisis, has cut it almost in half through spending restraint and tax reforms.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Atop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/atop. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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