layover
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André said he was stopped in April 2021 while also traveling back to Los Angeles after a layover in Atlanta, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He says the new system “swallowed” their three-hour layover in Amsterdam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hoppock said Estelle was detained on a layover, as she traveled home from visiting her ailing father in France.
From Salon ● May 14, 2026
There is just one direct flight per day from Glasgow to New York and with so few seats left, the cost is more than double travelling via a layover in Amsterdam.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
But as it turned out, everyone who had eaten the smoked salmon in the first-class airport lounge during our layover in Poland—like I had—was now suffering these unfortunate consequences.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
However, the poster child for layovers and delays is Chicago, home to the largest number of interchange terminals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
The lack of stops or layovers doesn’t guarantee that your flight won’t be delayed or canceled but it does reduce the chances of either happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
We would bid for three-day layovers in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
New Year’s Eve in Hanoi, with layovers in Singapore and Newark, N.J., before he arrives in New Orleans at 10 a.m.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
The idea, in his words, was for the place to be a kind of “work lounge” for those of us on assignment in the city, or for “associates” of ours having unexpected layovers.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
