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route

[root, raut] / rut, raʊt /




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Thousands blocked the procession on September 27, halting the first parade which had been allowed along the route in almost three decades.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Unison said the breakthrough created a route towards a ballot of its membership, without the council dictating the union's recommendation or communications.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

But the Atlanta star was, after Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernández took a bad route to his line-drive triple.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking the city to the interim government capital of Aden.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The children thought it all a great game; by turns they pretended they were moles in dark tunnels, or explorers charting an unmapped jungle, or Postal Tygers delivering the mail along an unfamiliar route.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Authorities in Islamabad have stacked up shipping containers to block key access routes to the capital city.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Gulf producers had pushed crude shipments back toward prewar levels using shuttle tankers and alternative export routes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

What are the Great Scottish Run routes and which roads are closed?

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Long lines of stationary cars and buses were gridlocked on main roads as commuters sought alternative routes -- or even made their way on foot.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

His father, who had emigrated at the turn of the century from the city of Odessa in the Ukraine, worked mainly as a trucking clerk, dispatching drivers on their routes.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

They also routed water to 350 acres of new earthen basins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Eagles were routed by San Pedro last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Moonshot routed that data to Claude, using a network of middlemen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The invoice from the supplier contained the details of its Chinese bank account, and noted that the $650,000 payment should be routed via a U.S.-based clearing partner in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The American twins who routed the fine old English ghost,” Theodora said.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

Over the last several years, work crews there have been restoring natural floodplains along rivers and creeks, building recharge basins, and routing floodwater to farm fields where it can soak into the land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Microsoft’s winning strategy doesn’t come from owning the best model, but rather routing user requests in the most efficient manner across Microsoft AI and third-party providers, according to the analyst.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

Nvidia also announced Nemo Switchyard, what it calls an “open-source model routing library”—essentially a tool that can automatically select models for supporting different AI agent tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The attack affected the communication operations of the fire and police departments, including the routing of 911 calls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

I have thrown this routing in as a sop and shall not make a habit of it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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