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On a trip when you have to change trains and wait a while between them, you might say, “I have a two-hour ________ in Chicago.”

LAYOVER 575
WAIT 360
STOPOVER 153
WAIT-OVER 49
STAY-OVER 12
STOP 11
HOLDOVER 10
DELAY 9
LAYOFF 6
NR 6
STAY 4
BREAK 3
REST STOP 3
OVERLAY 2
REST 2
TRANSFER 2
WAITING PERIOD 2
CHANGE 1
GAP 1
HOLD 1
LEAVE 1
LEAVE-OVER 1
LONG STOP 1
NH 1
PASS-OVER 1
WAITING 1

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