overnight
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Brian Oswald, a 69-year-old retired forestry professor from Nacogdoches, Texas, came straight to Oktoberfest after landing on an overnight flight from the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Emmanuel, the overnight caregiver, watches soccer on his laptop as David sleeps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield is down 1.4 basis points to 5.278%, having hit 5.310% overnight, its highest level since May 2002.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Recently he spoke about his role in comedy as a two-decade overnight success, being an Iranian American who can make people laugh in trying political times, and finding himself through comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
He took his bike, and managed to sneak past all the overnight security guards by walking it through the woods at the bottom of the hill.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
With fire pits on the beach, showers and a front-row view of the sun sinking into the Pacific, Mike and Nicole Wirth had no complaint about their $45 overnights at Dockweiler Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
Hill has nurses come in to monitor his son on most overnights, but he delivers care during the day.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
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
The pastries look as if they were overnighted from Paris, even as the signature breakfast sandwich — a biscuit with fried chicken, pimento cheese and hot honey — showcases Southern cuisine.
From New York Times ● Apr. 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
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
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 Suelette Dreyfus
