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Recent Examples of overstay
The vast majority don't have a criminal conviction, and their individual situations can vary dramatically, from asylum-seekers who crossed the border to people who flew in on a tourist visa and overstayed.
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
Liska and Copper’s balletic staging begins as a delight and then deliberately overstays its welcome.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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
But supporters of Trump's mass deportation plan are adamant that folks who may have overstayed visas or who are living in the country illegally should be deported.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2024
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Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
Liska and Copper’s balletic staging begins as a delight and then deliberately overstays its welcome.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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
But supporters of Trump's mass deportation plan are adamant that folks who may have overstayed visas or who are living in the country illegally should be deported.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
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But the skyrocketing housing costs mean that to some countries, foreigners have outstayed their welcome.—
Jason Lalljee,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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These historic areas are now openly accessible, but the legacy of segregation lingers, impacting diversity on L.A.’s beaches today.—
Natalie Preddie,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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No matter each individual’s previous experience with Shabbat, there was a widespread warmth and engagement with the holiday that lingered between each table.—
Sammi Tapper,
Vogue,
2 Feb. 2025
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The footage showed the two men loitering in the area for several minutes, armed with a firearm, before returning to the car at 9:24 p.m.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The aircraft can loiter near battle areas for extended periods of time and operate in low ceiling and visibility conditions.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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And while the rookie Jack Doohan, age 22, races alongside Pierre Gasly, Alpine now has as a reserve driver Franco Colapinto, age 21, who competed in nine races for Williams last year, and sits in the wings waiting, just like Bottas at Mercedes.—
Brad Spurgeon,
Robb Report,
28 Jan. 2025
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That fanned fears that the huge investments into AI by U.S. firms are unwarranted and a bubble waiting to pop.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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