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alternate route



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Degrate had turned down FM 2989 as an alternate route.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

“By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore.”

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

It’s the bus described at the top of this column, the little-known alternate route for the Dodger Stadium Express shuttle buses.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

Several migrants said they found out about the alternate route through social networks and from human traffickers.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2023

They had heard on the radio that we were taking an alternate route.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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