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overnight

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












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Sunset Boulevard was reopened overnight on July 24.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Spanish officials said crossings largely stopped overnight after Morocco increased enforcement and thousands of migrants voluntarily returned.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Instead, the overnight success of Claude Code made clear that the bigger prize came from selling tools to brainy software developers, and the deep-pocketed companies that employed them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Murphy's wife Laura says her husband changed overnight.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

That real estate deal, sealed in 1803 during Jefferson’s first term, doubled the size of America overnight.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

Stays at Swiss five-star hotels make up around 8% of all overnights, but the guests in them contribute at least 25% of Switzerland's total revenue from tourism.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2025

“As the heat builds day by day there will be little relief during the overnights, especially within the Las Vegas valley and Death Valley National Park,” the warning said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2024

Many hikers take the relatively flat, beautiful path through coastal forest and ocean beach over one or two overnights.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

Grandma and Mother continued to work very hard to keep secrets about whether Papa really had left home forever or whether or not he was on one of his frequent 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

Then he ordered a new one online and overnighted it to his location.

From Washington Post Jul. 20, 2022

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

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

From New York Times Sep. 25, 2022

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 Dreyfus, Suelette




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