Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstayed
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Back in the Mexico City bar, as the game resumed and fans turned their attention back to the field, the excitement lingered.—
Martin Silva Rey,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026 -
The emotions of Sunday's downhill race lingered over Tuesday's competition.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Qasem Awad has waited for more than a year for his son’s killer to be brought to justice.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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After Harvey, communities waited years for recovery funds while the feds flagged problems with how Texas managed the money.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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At the start of that brief official visit, his first, five military-grade drones loitered dangerously near Dublin Airport’s busiest civilian flight paths unopposed.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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The hotel is a short walk from the Jericho Tavern, where Radiohead played its first gig, in 1986, and around the corner from a now shuttered HMV, in whose aisles Donwood and Yorke once loitered, scouting the competition.—
Zoe Si,
New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Overstayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstayed. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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