overdue
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"Thankfully, he won't have to pay the $12,055 fine for being 48,220 days overdue."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Library freezes fines, receives magazine 132 years overdue.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Library books overdue by 116 years returned in 'excellent condition'
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
So seeing her win, finally, for her lead turn on “Pluribus” was thrilling, long overdue recognition that, given her history, made you wonder if it would ever come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Some three months after Ruess departed Escalante, his parents received a bundle of unopened mail forwarded from the postmaster at Marble Canyon, Arizona, where Everett was long overdue.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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