stopovers

plural of stopover
as in stops
a brief halt in a journey I've been to Belgium—if you count a stopover in Brussels on my way to Istanbul

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stops
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  • Rypien has made several stops as an NFL journeyman, most recently with the Cincinnati Bengals.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Ironically, one of the stops that Strang created halfway along the 23-mile route fared much better.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Stopovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopovers. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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