stopover

Example Sentences

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European operators—many of which use Dubai as a stopover or final destination—halted flights to and from many regional airports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

So Sauer’s claim that Murphy forced an unscheduled emergency stopover in Djibouti is just flat-out false.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

Accounts from Somalia appeared to indicate that country was being used as a stopover.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

The authors report that the tracked eagles paused at many of the same lakes and rivers that a study in the 1980s had already identified as important stopover sites for Bald Eagles.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025

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