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Recent Examples of overstay
If your home contains any of these colors that have overstayed their welcome, invite in fresh, yet timeless hues to easily modernize it.
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Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
At least five of the 9/11 hijackers were discovered to have overstayed their visas in the U.S.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noem announced on this trip that fewer than 1% of Argentinians overstay their welcome by staying longer than the allotted 90 days.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is no attendant, each party gets an hour on the honor system, and players who overstay their hour or flout the rules are subject to gentle but public shaming by others waiting.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
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Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
At least five of the 9/11 hijackers were discovered to have overstayed their visas in the U.S.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noem announced on this trip that fewer than 1% of Argentinians overstay their welcome by staying longer than the allotted 90 days.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is no attendant, each party gets an hour on the honor system, and players who overstay their hour or flout the rules are subject to gentle but public shaming by others waiting.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
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Better to outstay your welcome than give it all up too soon.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Clocking in at a tidy 73 minutes, Good Boy never outstays its welcome, and the spooky goings-on lead to a climax when a ghostly black figure that has been haunting Indy finally, monstrously, appears to pull Todd to hell.—
Laura Martin,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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People face food insecurity due to cuts in benefit programs and rising grocery prices long before the August rains and will linger long after.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Some people drained their toilet bowls in order to breathe air through the plumbing as the smoke lingered and covered them in yellow soot.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Both involve Melissa first loitering out over the Caribbean Sea for multiple days this week, churning up seas and bringing nasty weather to islands within the storm’s reach.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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There were times when Drew came home from meetings with the city council, the clinic board of trustees, or even a trial and found Jocko loitering around, kicking his Hacky Sack as part of his never-ending fitness program.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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For context, only the bottom team in League Two, Newport County, among the EFL’s other 48 clubs, are also waiting to taste victory on home soil this time around.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Yes, the hotel’s team was ready and waiting for me upon my arrival via private transfer from the train station in the nearby town of Rapallo.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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