layover
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When there might be issues: If you’re flying from California to Texas, or have a layover there, officers may enforce Texas state law, including in the terminal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
Hoppock said Estelle was detained on a layover, as she traveled home from visiting her ailing father in France.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
There is just one direct flight per day from Glasgow to New York and with so few seats left, the cost is more than double travelling via a layover in Amsterdam.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
Need to store your luggage somewhere on a layover or before or after your flight so you can explore?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
AT Rhone River I take my twenty-four hour mandatory layover.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Six colleagues visiting a remote factory might bypass three commercial layovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
The lack of stops or layovers doesn’t guarantee that your flight won’t be delayed or canceled but it does reduce the chances of either happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
New Year’s Eve in Hanoi, with layovers in Singapore and Newark, N.J., before he arrives in New Orleans at 10 a.m.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
Imagine how tough it’s going to be when you’re returning from a 36-hour trip caused by missed commercial flights and brutal layovers.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
The idea, in his words, was for the place to be a kind of “work lounge” for those of us on assignment in the city, or for “associates” of ours having unexpected layovers.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
