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Reuters, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
By Peter Weber, The Week US published 18 November 2024
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President Joe Biden made a stopover in the Brazilian Amazon Sunday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the world's largest tropical rainforest.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
Calgary is a key stopover point to get to many Canadian cities that have little to no service from Phoenix.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
Flight 103, a Boeing 747, was scheduled to fly from Frankfurt to Detroit with stopovers in London and New York.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
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Lai had a two-day U.S. stopover in Hawaii that started on Saturday.
—Reuters, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
By Peter Weber, The Week US published 18 November 2024
What happened
President Joe Biden made a stopover in the Brazilian Amazon Sunday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the world's largest tropical rainforest.
—Peter Weber, theweek, 18 Nov. 2024
Calgary is a key stopover point to get to many Canadian cities that have little to no service from Phoenix.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2024
Flight 103, a Boeing 747, was scheduled to fly from Frankfurt to Detroit with stopovers in London and New York.
—Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Stop (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stop%20%28over%29. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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