How to Use stopover in a Sentence

stopover

noun
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  • I've been to Belgium—if you count a stopover in Brussels on my way to Istanbul.
  • This won’t be a long-term winter storm, more of a stopover.
    — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Biden will then make a brief and historic stopover in Papua New Guinea.
    — Aamer Madhani, ajc, 14 May 2023
  • The third way visitors get to Cozumel is via a cruise stopover.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Delta Air Lines doesn’t have a formal stopover program.
    — Christopher Elliott, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Mule deer in Wyoming spend 95% of their time at stopover areas, according to the report.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Saab, 51, was arrested last year during a stopover in Cape Verde en route to Iran.
    — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • When the family arrived in Germany for a stopover, Joshua Mast and his wife greeted them at the air force base.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Lady Spencer, 30, posted a series of pics from a stopover in the hillside town of Positano on the Amalfi coast.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The joys of domesticity are a far cry from Miller’s last stopover in Portland as a 19-year-old.
    — oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The salt flats, with their prevalence of food, are one of the most important stopover points for these birds in the entire Caribbean.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The preserve is also a stopover site for the 121 species of migratory birds that have been spotted to date.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 28 May 2024
  • And if food is abundant at a stopover site, birds may linger to consume calories to provide more fuel for the flights ahead.
    — Val Cunningham, Star Tribune, 25 May 2021
  • Travelers taking advantage of the stopover will have to pay a small $9.99 fee.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
  • This is another lengthy drive, but the route cuts through Las Vegas, which serves as an ideal stopover.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Normally, that route goes over the US and includes a stopover in Los Angeles.
    — CNN, 6 Oct. 2021
  • If a city is expanding, more parks and green spaces can be made so that birds retain their stopover spots.
    — Lina Zeldovich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • When in doubt, leave it at home; there are few things as frustrating as a lengthy stopover at customs after a 15-hour flight.
    — Erica Kasper, WIRED, 15 July 2023
  • Irpin was established in the 19th century as a stopover town on the train route to Kyiv from the nearby city Kovel.
    — Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The sale — expiring on June 7 — isn’t just for flights to Fiji, but also for flights to Australia with a stopover in Fiji.
    — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2023
  • Athens, thought of as a two-day stopover en route to the islands, has often been pigeonholed as a quick trip that checks a box on your travel list.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 25 May 2021
  • But LeTourneaux said the team believes the large decrease in hunting led to a less stressful food stopover for the geese during the pandemic.
    — Joshua Learn | Inside Science, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The animals seemed confused to end up in a dry pen, a strange stopover from the pasture to their normal winter feeding in fields of tasty corn stalks.
    — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
  • For some like Lance Jackson, a 53-year-old Dallas pilot on a stopover in Oakland, the mask rules were confusing.
    — Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 June 2021
  • The outpost will be positioned beyond the moon and serve a number of purposes — not least of which as a stopover for missions to Mars.
    — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The owners were part of the abolitionist movement, and the inn was most likely used as a stopover for the Underground Railroad.
    — Sheryl Devore, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022
  • Murray wrote that the plane that carried the U.S. team had made several stopovers to pick up the Swedish and Norwegian teams before the 1991 game, and to drop them off after.
    — Time, 23 June 2023
  • The plane was heading for Cancun with a planned stopover in Playa del Carmen for refueling.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Then, select your stopover package and check hotel availability on the airline's stopover page.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Kigali is often seen as a stopover for safari-goers embarking on a gorilla trek.
    — Leah Feiger, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024

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