layover
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of layover
1870–75, noun use of verb phrase lay over
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When there might be issues: If you’re flying from California to Texas, or have a layover there, officers may enforce Texas state law, including in the terminal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 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 it wasn’t until the fall of 2022, during a layover at Miami airport, that things really accelerated.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Tuesday with a layover in Boston, and another that gave us one hour to change terminals in Houston and would get us home around 1 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
Counting the layover in Hong Kong, it took Mother twenty-three hours to fly from London to Sydney.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
The process, which works the same way in reverse, can lead to long layovers and shipping delays.
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
Many business travelers rated it as one of their least favorite airports, but Farmer loved layovers here.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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