stay over
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Nurses wouldn’t let my parents stay over, and I couldn’t understand a word anyone was saying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
They’re like, “Let me get away from you. No, I gotta go to work. I gotta go to work. No, you stay over there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
Although my parents loved seeing everyone, it was more fun for them to have just their 5 grandkids stay over at their place in Florida.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025
I think my family should be happy enough that the bathroom is clean and there are fresh sheets on the bed when they stay over.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2023
“He figure he stay over here he’ll be safer. ”
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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