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Recent Examples of overstay
One of the trickiest situations might just be houseguests that overstay their welcome.
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
That steady stream of plot developments leads to an overly long ending that takes the mechanics of the universe in an interesting direction — but causes the action to overstay its welcome by at least 20 minutes.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
The system will be able to track if visitors overstay their welcome in the Schengen Area, which is a zone of more than two dozen European countries that allow movement.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The European Union said the goal of the new program is to modernize borders, combat identify fraud, and easily identify travelers who overstay their visas.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
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Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
That steady stream of plot developments leads to an overly long ending that takes the mechanics of the universe in an interesting direction — but causes the action to overstay its welcome by at least 20 minutes.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
The system will be able to track if visitors overstay their welcome in the Schengen Area, which is a zone of more than two dozen European countries that allow movement.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The European Union said the goal of the new program is to modernize borders, combat identify fraud, and easily identify travelers who overstay their visas.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 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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Still, a 12-person jury was selected Monday, and opening arguments went ahead in the Manhattan federal courthouse Tuesday morning, amid lingering questions about whether it could all be upended by a last-minute deal.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
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Patchy fog may linger in the morning.—
Brandi D. Addison,
IndyStar,
3 Mar. 2026
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According to General Atomics, a notional mission profile envisions MQ-9B aircraft launching from friendly bases in the Western or Southern Pacific, transiting to designated hold points outside an adversary’s weapons engagement zone, and loitering there for extended periods.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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In 2022, state lawmakers decriminalized loitering with the intent to commit prostitution in California.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Mickey Drexler doesn’t like to wait for things to happen.—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2026
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As Dudayev spoke on a handheld satellite phone with the Moroccan monarch, Russian aircraft waited beyond visual range.—
Robert A. Pape In The Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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