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Recent Examples of overstay
The scent is also super pleasant and doesn't overstay its welcome.
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Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
Sorokin was released from a New York prison in February 2021 but was detained weeks later by ICE for overstaying her visa, landing back in prison for another 18 months.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Their individual situations vary widely, from asylum-seekers — who may be granted legal status — to would-be workers searching for jobs, to people who entered on a tourist visa and overstayed.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
The episode also manages to capitalize on the potential of seeing that journey play out, landing in Greenland for an intriguing side story that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
Sorokin was released from a New York prison in February 2021 but was detained weeks later by ICE for overstaying her visa, landing back in prison for another 18 months.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
Their individual situations vary widely, from asylum-seekers — who may be granted legal status — to would-be workers searching for jobs, to people who entered on a tourist visa and overstayed.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
The episode also manages to capitalize on the potential of seeing that journey play out, landing in Greenland for an intriguing side story that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
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There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Defying gravity Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have long outstayed a planned eight days in low-Earth orbit after traveling to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
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The finish is long and sweet, with lingering notes of vanilla, caramel, spice, and seasoned oak.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Fire activity around Pepperdine University’s Malibu campus has decreased, with only small flames remaining as firefighters tackle lingering hot spots, the school alerted at 9:58 p.m. Tuesday.Hanna Park, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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The rehab of the existing structure will add a new roof and windows, as well as an internal courtyard, which could offer an alternative to loitering on the sidewalk.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024
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Phoenix police officers had been called because a White man was loitering at a convenience store on Aug. 19.Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Viktoriya Gonzales was among the parents who waited anxiously near the school for hours to be reunited with their children.Annie Correal, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Netanyahu, for his part, chose to delay ending the war’s intense phase, waiting instead for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in the hope of a Republican victory.Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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