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Recent Examples of overstay
Yang, who overstayed her visa, has a detention hearing on August 12.
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Reuters, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The State Department said in the filing that those who overstay their visas pose a national security threat to the U.S.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Trump administration officials told The News Sunday that Go overstayed her visa that expired more than two years ago.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
Mich González, an immigration lawyer in South Florida who is not related to the family, said overstaying a tourist visa is grounds for deportation — but that should not happen without a chance to appeal.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Reuters, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
The State Department said in the filing that those who overstay their visas pose a national security threat to the U.S.
—Churchill Ndonwie, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Trump administration officials told The News Sunday that Go overstayed her visa that expired more than two years ago.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
Mich González, an immigration lawyer in South Florida who is not related to the family, said overstaying a tourist visa is grounds for deportation — but that should not happen without a chance to appeal.
—Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
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Lexx reinvented itself each season, and Season 3 — set on the planets of Fire and Water — didn't outstay its welcome at 13 episodes.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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And at less than two hours with an intermission, the show doesn’t outstay its welcome.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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The announcement, sparse on specific details, captured the trepidation and lingering ambivalences that AI companies have about policing young users, even as OpenAI begins to implement these basic features nearly three years after the launch of ChatGPT.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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The performance was impacted by the lingering effects of operational challenges, delivery delays and store closures initiated last year.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
18 Sep. 2025
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The detectives went and wrote a criminal complaint, charging Ruth with stalking and loitering and prowling at night, misdemeanors that did not reflect the seriousness, or danger, of the situation, and got a warrant for his arrest.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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He had also been charged with trespassing as well as loitering and prowling at night, according to online court records filed earlier on Wednesday.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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An end-user can simply command the AI to do a cleanup, wait and see what happens, and if needed, go ahead and repeat the declaration doggedly.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Just over 30 percent of patients wait more than five years for treatment.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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