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overnight

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












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On Monday, Burrows said he was disappointed by Nesbitt's decision to quit and said he would decide "overnight" who would replace him.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows has said he will make a decision "overnight" and confirm on Thursday who will replace Mike Nesbitt as health minister.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

An overnight decline in yields accelerated as the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Firefighters hacked their way through boggy terrain overnight to fully surround Belgium's largest wildfire in a century, but crews were still battling numerous flare-ups in the High Fens nature reserve.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Father Julien takes his overnight bag, which contains fresh underwear, socks, and shaving supplies.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Elegant, clutter-free and homey, the condominium is a calm place to come home to after working long shifts, including overnights, at Children’s Hospital.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2025

“My mother worked overnights, as well. We have a love and appreciation for the third shift.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2023

Conrad and I had just thought he was having overnights.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

MedMen was so afraid of me and the pettiness and my vitriol that they overnighted us a check.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2024

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

Mr. Budowich said the committee overnighted a formal letter alerting him to the subpoena which arrived at his residence in California on Dec. 22.

From Washington Times Dec. 29, 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

Afraid she wouldn’t be allowed on the plane, Fox phoned her father, who overnighted her passport.

From Washington Post

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

But while overnighting there may be spiritually rewarding, it was physically demanding.

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2022

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

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus




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