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Recent Examples of overstay
The Times of India reported that people are known to enter Saudi Arabia on visitor or Umrah visas and then overstay in order to perform Hajj without registering officially.
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Others overstay tourist visas, seek asylum or have some form of temporary status.
—Gisela Salomon, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
Plan Ahead One of the easiest ways to ensure guests don’t overstay is by listing an end time on an invitation, which Grumet assures is perfectly acceptable from an etiquette standpoint.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Americans can live in Mexico for 180 days without a visa; many overstay them.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Others overstay tourist visas, seek asylum or have some form of temporary status.
—Gisela Salomon, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2025
Plan Ahead One of the easiest ways to ensure guests don’t overstay is by listing an end time on an invitation, which Grumet assures is perfectly acceptable from an etiquette standpoint.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Americans can live in Mexico for 180 days without a visa; many overstay them.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
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Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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But at two hours, Islands outstays its welcome, allowing much of the tension to leak out of it in a protracted concluding stretch.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Private patios are planted with succulents and shaded by native trees, while the center of the property is anchored by a sunken dipping pool and communal fire pit perfect for lingering evenings and slow conversations.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Managers don’t always appreciate lingering legacies.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, until late 2024, there was only one U.S. supplier of loitering munitions (suicide drones designed to loiter in an area and locate and strike targets with precision): AeroVironment, which has a contract to make 1,000 of them.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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To stay out late in Zink’s world, loitering, is a pleasure.—
Dwight Garner,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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The Pentagon can no longer afford to wait for the outbreak of the next conflict to enact these changes.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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After such a huge high, Gray, his team-mates and everyone associated with Leeds were left to wait to find out whether this result would be enough to seal their return to the Premier League.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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