layover

Example Sentences

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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

But it wasn’t until the fall of 2022, during a layover at Miami airport, that things really accelerated.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

A 12-hour layover in Istanbul, a summer abroad in Paris, a weekend trip to Athens from London, a visit to a friend in Seoul.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

We boarded the bus in late afternoon and rode with-out incident to Selma, where I had a long layover before taking another bus into the state capital.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin