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  • n  (usually plural) weather deck; the part of a ship's hull that is above the waterline

  • The sub broke water, the bridge hatch swung open, the skipper and his lookouts scrambled topside.
  • While the technical crew scurried about under water, the director and his company waited out the vagaries of tide topside.
  • It trails a slender cable behind it that transmits whatever it sees back to a monitor topside, so you can rummage through Davy Jones' locker while sunning yourself on deck and .
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  • Kyle Busch in SI.com
    Couldn't hold the bottom. Couldn't hold the top. Couldn't hold him off,a frustrated Busch said as he walked away from his damaged race car. "He beat me fair and square. He got a run on me on the topside and I tried to block it, I just...
  • Gary Blore in Forbes
    In April testimony before a House transportation committee, Rear Adm. Gary Blore said the decision to suspend operation of the boats "was in no way related to ...... topside equipment issues."
  • Bob Sanders in PackersNews.com
    It all kind of works together,defensive coordinator Bob Sanders said. "Kabeer looked like he had a good game there, and Cullen (Jenkins, too). The reason (Testaverde)'s stepping up is because there's some heat coming on the topside."...

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