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overnight

[oh-ver-nahyt, oh-ver-nahyt, oh-ver-nahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˈnaɪt, ˈoʊ vərˌnaɪt, ˌoʊ vərˈnaɪt /












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Multiple media outlets overnight identified him as Hamam al-Hammami and said he had been banned from flying in Oman over concerns about his extremist views.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Brian Oswald, a 69-year-old retired forestry professor from Nacogdoches, Texas, came straight to Oktoberfest after landing on an overnight flight from the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

It also remained relatively warm overnight with Northern Ireland recorded its joint warmest September for minimum temperature.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Brokering trade deals with other countries and building new infrastructure to get products to non-U.S. markets won’t happen overnight, even with expedited approval processes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Lewyns and other Jews were held overnight.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

And a few more hospital overnights than were on the holiday itinerary...

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Nobody imagined using Wi-Fi to livestream Thursday Night Football from a multinational tech conglomerate that also overnights toilet paper and garden gnomes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Yelmi Martinez, a single mother of three in Fresno who works overnights stocking shelves at a Walmart, said she’ll likely need to visit a food bank over the holidays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

Hill has nurses come in to monitor his son on most overnights, but he delivers care during the day.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Conrad and I had just thought he was having overnights.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

The elder Hou had declined via text to come visit his son and grandchildren at their Las Vegas residence on his birthday, so Wen Hou overnighted him a traditional gift of handmade Chinese noodles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

He said he paid extra to have it overnighted to his home.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

Of the affected voters, a lawyer for the county told the court that 585 had already been overnighted a ballot or had canceled their absentee ballot and voted early.

From Reuters ● Nov. 7, 2022

She occasionally overnighted about an hour outside Detroit with Judy Chiodo, a fellow Trump rally-trotter, rather than drive all the way home to Sault Ste. Marie.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021

Had we chosen an urban Quebec vacation we probably would have overnighted at Auberge de St. Antoine which offers a 40 percent winter discount.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018

BTW: If you’re overnighting in Paso Robles, consider Sensorio, a walk-through display of ever-changing lights, most of it concocted by artist Bruce Munro.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2025

The men in separate canoes were returning to shore after overnighting on the lake’s Deer Island.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Since then, he’s been a fixture in Madrona, overnighting on metal bus benches that were impossibly small for his big frame, then lugging his bags up and down the hills.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

My friend’s mom notably wrangled our gang of overnighting 20-somethings with the imperturbable grace of a seasoned host.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

Sometimes he travelled closer to the city, overnighting in places like the Merri Creek reserve.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus




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