Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstayed
Verb
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The charred smell of the blaze still lingered in the air Monday.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
13 Jan. 2026 -
That transfer collapsed and, while Frankfurt’s interest has lingered, reports in Germany claiming an agreement to resurrect any deal have been premature.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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Because Sutton required medical treatment, deputies waited until a later date to seek warrants for her arrest.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Another rescue tech would be lifted and dropped to the ridge where the female climber waited.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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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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The drones also loitered above an Irish Navy vessel that had secretly deployed for Zelensky's visit.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2025
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“Overstayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstayed. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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