stay over
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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
“Just with one condition: ‘We’ll trade him but make sure that he doesn’t come back, let him stay over there.’”
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2024
She offered Grant, of no fixed abode, a place to stay over Christmas, as he had nowhere else to go.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023
Crabbe and Goyle, who always did whatever Malfoy did, had signed up to stay over the holidays, too.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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