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overnight

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












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The company says it feeds overnight data into a model to estimate resting blood pressure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

After an overnight fast, the mice were assigned to three groups.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

"This is a devastating time for all those affected by what has happened overnight," said Det Insp Katie Gregory.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The announcement followed Newport Beach declaring a local emergency Friday after overnight flooding on the Balboa Peninsula.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

More significant, he ignited a phenomenon in the United States not seen before: Almost overnight, a chess boom arose.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

“I travel and camp in the backcountry year round and this includes overnights when the temperature dips to -20ºF,” she wrote via email.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

The chosen ones returned from restaurant meals and overnights hand in hand with their new “mom” and “dad.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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

My sister overnighted me an oximeter so I could monitor my oxygen and heartbeat, and my oxygen level dipped to 90 but no lower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 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

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

From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 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

My vote goes to overnighting in bigger Prineville, with a morning detour in Mitchell for coffee and croissants.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2021

After that, he traveled around the country in a truck, overnighting in campgrounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2014

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

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus




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