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stopover

[stop-oh-ver] / ˈstɒpˌoʊ vər /


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At a stopover in Britain, he returned to the Qatar-gifted plane for the flight to Washington.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

"I don't mind an airport stopover at all: the idea of sitting in a plane for 20, 21 hours non-stop would be quite unbearable for me," he says.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Lake Kahokugata is also a key stopover location along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

And the best way to visit the park has long included a stopover at the Boathouse, built by the park’s iconic “Lake” in 1954 to replace a 19th century wooden Victorian structure.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

On a Bangkok stopover en route to Manila, he’d bought a number of Thai music cassettes, which he played over and over again at night while he was going over games.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The use of the docks took place between 2016 and 2019 after president Barack Obama eased the US embargo on Cuba to allow cruise ships to make stopovers there.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

But, I’m trying to avoid stopovers in Dubai or Qatar in case of cancellation or further disruption, but that is making it trickier to plan, too.

From MarketWatch May 13, 2026

The military flights to the Altiplano prison required stopovers to pick up men from across Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 3, 2025

Scientists have tracked the virus along migratory routes and stopovers, among wild birds in rural areas and commercial poultry operations and, most recently, among cattle on dairy farms.

From New York Times Apr. 9, 2024

Aside from the occasional refueling stopovers of Pan American World Airways planes, nothing interesting ever happened there.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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