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Recent Examples of layovers
Pilots on layovers would stay at hotels throughout the Fort Lauderdale area, eat at restaurants nearby and take transportation to get around.
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Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Each journey takes about 22 hours door-to-door, including layovers.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
Bui found that flight tickets, including layovers, from Vietnam to the Middle East, had reached about $1,500 to $2,000 in March.
—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Ali is detained in Arizona, where ICE has used subcontractors to charter flights to Iran with layovers in Qatar or Kuwait.
—Philip Wang, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
The kiosk serves both passengers and airport employees, offering haircuts, beard trims, styling, and other grooming services, even during tight layovers or unexpected schedule changes.
—Justin Adams, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
While both spots offer spectacular beaches, Boracay is only accessible via layovers in Manila or Cebu, while Cebu’s airport is bigger and more international, with connections from other major Asian cities like Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei, and more.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Some species, like snow and Ross's geese, have frequent layovers.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
There are fewer opportunities for foul-ups and mishandling between flights when there are fewer connections and layovers.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Mar. 2025
Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
Each journey takes about 22 hours door-to-door, including layovers.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
Bui found that flight tickets, including layovers, from Vietnam to the Middle East, had reached about $1,500 to $2,000 in March.
—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Ali is detained in Arizona, where ICE has used subcontractors to charter flights to Iran with layovers in Qatar or Kuwait.
—Philip Wang, Time, 27 Mar. 2026
The kiosk serves both passengers and airport employees, offering haircuts, beard trims, styling, and other grooming services, even during tight layovers or unexpected schedule changes.
—Justin Adams, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
While both spots offer spectacular beaches, Boracay is only accessible via layovers in Manila or Cebu, while Cebu’s airport is bigger and more international, with connections from other major Asian cities like Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei, and more.
—Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Mar. 2026
Some species, like snow and Ross's geese, have frequent layovers.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
There are fewer opportunities for foul-ups and mishandling between flights when there are fewer connections and layovers.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 5 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for layovers
stops
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The data are pulled from spreadsheets maintained since January 2025 that tracks and documents federal enforcement actions in greater Tucson such as raids, vehicle stops and aerial surveillance.—
Carolina Cuellar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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In addition, many of San Diego’s trolley stops are in the South Bay and southeastern San Diego neighborhoods where the city has done significantly less upzoning in recent years — and where much of the land is zoned for single-family housing.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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“Layovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/layovers. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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