Thesaurus results for LAYOVERS

layovers

noun

plural of layover

as in stops

a brief halt in a journey our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago

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Recent Examples of layovers If no direct flight is available, Josefsson suggests booking flights with longer layovers. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Hours lost to layovers and airline schedules that don't align with business priorities. — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Sometimes layovers can be in different countries than your destination, or your flight could get rerouted for some reason, so having your back covered for every country is helpful. — Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026 But flying round trip between those two African capitals would often cost more than a thousand dollars and require multiple layovers. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026 The shortest flights from Paraguay, says Núñez, take about 20 hours with one or two layovers, but some are up to 40 hours long. — Gabriel Sama, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 To access Sidecar by The Centurion® Lounge, Card Members must arrive within 90 minutes of their departing flight (including layovers). — Sarah Hostetler, CNBC, 5 June 2026 That functionality can be particularly useful during hotel stays or long airport layovers, where users may want to effectively turn the battery into a temporary desktop charging station. — New Atlas, 21 May 2026 Pilots on layovers would stay at hotels throughout the Fort Lauderdale area, eat at restaurants nearby and take transportation to get around. — Miami Herald, 11 May 2026

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stops

Noun

Previous high school stops were at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, and Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026
His crew struggled often on stops earlier this season, losing 128 spots in the pits, but has been better with three top-five finishes in the past six races.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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