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Recent Examples of overstay
Others overstay tourist visas, seek asylum or have some form of temporary status.
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Vanessa A. Alvarez, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
Others could enter legally with a student visa, for example, but overstay.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Dec. 2025
One of the trickiest situations might just be houseguests that overstay their welcome.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
That steady stream of plot developments leads to an overly long ending that takes the mechanics of the universe in an interesting direction — but causes the action to overstay its welcome by at least 20 minutes.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
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Vanessa A. Alvarez, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
Others could enter legally with a student visa, for example, but overstay.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Dec. 2025
One of the trickiest situations might just be houseguests that overstay their welcome.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2025
That steady stream of plot developments leads to an overly long ending that takes the mechanics of the universe in an interesting direction — but causes the action to overstay its welcome by at least 20 minutes.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overstay
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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
Verb
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Early May could bring a brief snag but that doesn’t linger.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Rather than depicting the blast itself, Testament focuses on what lingers.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Stella crossed the street and loitered outside the store window displaying haughty mannequins flaunting swagger coats.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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Violent and property crime dropped across the board, but crimes against society, which include drugs, gambling and loitering offenses, rose, in some cases substantially.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Serafini then left the home on foot to meet with Scott, who had been waiting for him in the getaway car to drive back to Nevada.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Make sure the tires reconnect with the road - During the skid, wait until the tires reconnect with the road and then gently straighten the wheels to regain control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Overstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overstay. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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