alternate route
Example Sentences
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And while local oil pipelines have some capacity to serve as an alternate route, they do not have enough - forcing producers in the region to announce cuts.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Degrate had turned down FM 2989 as an alternate route.
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025
Not so Maps, which, as we neared San José, began chiming in with a quite complicated alternate route, designed, I assumed, to avoid freeway traffic.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
“By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore.”
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024
“Mrs. O’Leary is calling your parents to tell them you might be a little late because of the alternate route, the traffic, and the weather so they don’t worry.”
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
