overdue
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It was one thing for owner Arte Moreno and new team president Molly Jolly to recruit Mozeliak six weeks ago and promise that he could embark on a desperately overdue rebuild.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Roughly 1,850 Bilt cardholders recently received mistaken collections notices for overdue balances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
An Australian library has welcomed home a book roughly 150 years overdue after it was discovered inside a tea crate bricked into a sealed fireplace.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Miranda Allard, 66, also agreed that change is long overdue.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Books are overdue,” I explain, “they lock you up. They have a special cell for it. Overdue library book cell. If it’s more than ten days overdue, they put you in the hole. Solitary confinement.”
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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