Definitions
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- noun A short
interruption in ajourney or the placevisited during such an interruption. - noun Alternative spelling of
stopover .
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Examples
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And we need to be able to do that over a career, not for a two year stop-over before law school, and not just for a few years until we have our own children and can't work 70-80 hours a week.
Chris Lehmann: Root Causes and the Save Our Schools March Chris Lehmann 2011
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Geithner and Wang held brief talks Sunday in the city of Qingdao, where the U.S. official made a stop-over after attending a Group of 20 finance ministers meeting in South Korea.
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A five weeks 'stop-over between steamers, he decided, would satisfy the call of the primitive he felt thrumming the strings of his being.
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Kokolulu is a glorious stop-over for patients like myself -- a peaceful setting with an emphasis on healing and empowerment and a respite from the complicated medical arena imposed on cancer patients.
Nancy Davis: The "Gift of Giving" Nancy Davis 2011
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Though he made a stop-over in Cairo and visited Tahrir Square to patronise the revolution, Cameron was in fact on a three-day tour of Gulf States aimed at boosting British arms sales in the region.
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And we need to be able to do that over a career, not for a two year stop-over before law school, and not just for a few years until we have our own children and can't work 70-80 hours a week.
Chris Lehmann: Root Causes and the Save Our Schools March Chris Lehmann 2011
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This vehicle will make a stop-over at Donton for precisely 20 minutes.
N62 Arthur Chan 2010
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Iceland did not achieve its independence from Denmark until 1944, and then primarily because the Americans needed a stop-over on their way to fight the Second World War.
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For more than 50 years, Presley fans have believed the only time he ever set foot in the UK was during a stop-over at Prestwick Airport in March 1960.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Iceland did not achieve its independence from Denmark until 1944, and then primarily because the Americans needed a stop-over on their way to fight the Second World War.
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