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Recent Examples of overstay
The system will be able to track if visitors overstay their welcome in the Schengen Area, which is a zone of more than two dozen European countries that allow movement.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The European Union said the goal of the new program is to modernize borders, combat identify fraud, and easily identify travelers who overstay their visas.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Noem announced on this trip that fewer than 1% of Argentinians overstay their welcome by staying longer than the allotted 90 days.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is no attendant, each party gets an hour on the honor system, and players who overstay their hour or flout the rules are subject to gentle but public shaming by others waiting.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
The European Union said the goal of the new program is to modernize borders, combat identify fraud, and easily identify travelers who overstay their visas.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Noem announced on this trip that fewer than 1% of Argentinians overstay their welcome by staying longer than the allotted 90 days.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is no attendant, each party gets an hour on the honor system, and players who overstay their hour or flout the rules are subject to gentle but public shaming by others waiting.
—David Shaftel, Curbed, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
Verb
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Better to outstay your welcome than give it all up too soon.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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Clocking in at a tidy 73 minutes, Good Boy never outstays its welcome, and the spooky goings-on lead to a climax when a ghostly black figure that has been haunting Indy finally, monstrously, appears to pull Todd to hell.—
Laura Martin,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Multiple royal watchers have claimed the prince has struggled to move beyond the fallout of his dramatic exit from royal life six years ago, citing professional setbacks and lingering personal tensions.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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This lingering becomes the sound of a book in a new room, opening, its music carried in a wind that crosses borders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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According to residents in the area, the man taken into custody has reportedly been loitering around the South Florida neighborhood for several weeks.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Defense startups Helsing and Stark Defence are each set to win €300 million contracts from Germany’s Bundeswehr for loitering munitions, leaving local giant Rheinmetall behind, people familiar with the situation say.—
Gerry Doyle,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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The groups would then open the hood or door of the machines and wait to determine whether an alarm or a law enforcement response had been triggered.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Interconnection queues have swelled to historic levels, with gigawatts of ready-to-build generation projects waiting years for grid connection studies and upgrades.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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