en route
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A year ago, Air India flight 171 crashed less than a minute after taking off from Ahmedabad airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, en route for London.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Yamamoto retired 22 straight en route to eight innings of two-hit ball.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
"Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by US and Bahrain air defense forces," Centcom said.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were intercepted by U.S. and Bahrain air defense forces, Central Command added.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
We’d spend the week after that in Moscow on TB business, with a stop in Paris en route.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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