overnight
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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
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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
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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