layover
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of layover
1870–75, noun use of verb phrase lay over
Example Sentences
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Hoppock said Estelle was detained on a layover, as she traveled home from visiting her ailing father in France.
From Salon • May 14, 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
For Katy Fry, a 33-year-old software engineer from Nashville, the situation made an already-long layover feel interminable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Counting the layover in Hong Kong, it took Mother twenty-three hours to fly from London to Sydney.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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