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
The fact that Vance and his team weren’t ready even to stay over one night suggests either that they were very naive or that they knew the trip was a dead end.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
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
But when he tried to stay over one night, Brown got a panicked call in the middle of the night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
“Simple. You don’t cross Hector. You stay over here, where it’s safe. How bad would you be over there?”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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