Example Sentences
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A hotel receptionist said rooms that were overbooked just a few weeks ago now stood empty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
So travelers are advised to know there’s always a slight risk of ending up on an overbooked cruise.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
"You could turn up ready to pay for your hotel on arrival and the hotel had a better offer and became overbooked."
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2025
“Psychiatric practitioners are so overbooked and stressed these days that it is likely they do not spend as much time as years ago reading complete articles in a wide range of journals.”
From Salon • May 23, 2025
"Sir, it seems that the flight has been accidentally overbooked, by about 300 people."
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
