Example Sentences

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Immigration authorities claim she has overstayed her visa and must be returned to Germany.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2022

In a statement she drafted at 4 a.m. at the airport, Ogwumike focused on the oft-repeated phrase as a “tired argument that has overstayed its welcome.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022

She has overstayed her original plans by a week and a half.

From The Guardian • Sep. 9, 2021

She now faces deportation to Germany because she has overstayed her visa.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2019

If the cadet has overstayed his time he is called to account for it the next day.

From Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)