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layover

[ley-oh-ver] / ˈleɪˌoʊ vər /
NOUN
break
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STRONGEST


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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 it wasn’t until the fall of 2022, during a layover at Miami airport, that things really accelerated.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Effects of the closure will spill over and affect the industry as a whole, since the airport acts as a layover hot spot for flights from North America to Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Sodais later said they were nervous — they had been questioned for an hour in Munich and nearly just as long on their layover in Lisbon.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

AT Rhone River I take my twenty-four hour mandatory layover.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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