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  • noun A short interruption in a journey or the place visited during such an interruption.
  • noun Alternative spelling of stopover.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    Geithner, Wang Discuss US-China Economic Ties 2010

  • A five weeks 'stop-over between steamers, he decided, would satisfy the call of the primitive he felt thrumming the strings of his being.

    THE TERRIBLE SOLOMONS 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Letters: Western intervention in the Arab spring 2011

  • 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

  • This vehicle will make a stop-over at Donton for precisely 20 minutes.

    N62 Arthur Chan 2010

  • 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.

    Iris Erlingsdottir: Is Iceland a Totalitarian State? 2010

  • 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

  • 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.

    Iris Erlingsdottir: Is Iceland a Totalitarian State? 2010

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