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overnight

[oh-ver-nahyt, oh-ver-nahyt, oh-ver-nahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˈnaɪt, ˈoʊ vərˌnaɪt, ˌoʊ vərˈnaɪt /












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I had not dirtied anything requiring an overnight soak.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

In 2020, it was global lockdowns that sapped demand for fuel almost overnight, while triggering a short-lived U.S. recession.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

Since interest rates apply overnight, higher rates have more effect on bonds maturing soon than those maturing further away.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

More than 200 people have been evacuated from a seaside hotel after a fire broke out overnight.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

As I treated them with ointment I decided to hole up until the weather eased a bit—I thought overnight.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

Stays at Swiss five-star hotels make up around 8% of all overnights, but the guests in them contribute at least 25% of Switzerland's total revenue from tourism.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2025

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

The chosen ones returned from restaurant meals and overnights hand in hand with their new “mom” and “dad.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

MedMen was so afraid of me and the pettiness and my vitriol that they overnighted us a check.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 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

Then he ordered a new one online and overnighted it to his location.

From Washington Post Jul. 20, 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

Had we chosen an urban Quebec vacation we probably would have overnighted at Auberge de St. Antoine which offers a 40 percent winter discount.

From New York Times Nov. 26, 2018

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

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

My vote goes to overnighting in bigger Prineville, with a morning detour in Mitchell for coffee and croissants.

From Seattle Times Jun. 25, 2021

Sometimes he travelled closer to the city, overnighting in places like the Merri Creek reserve.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus




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