shortest route
Example Sentences
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The shortest route for Russian surface-launched ballistic missiles to North America is over the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The shortest route for a ballistic missile to reach the U.S. from Russia is over Greenland.
From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026
Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, is home to a large US space facility and is strategically important for the US, lying on its shortest route to Europe.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024
To measure longer distances, you can draw a thread around a globe, such that the shortest route is a curve—after all, Earth is not flat.
From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2023
They’d come from the north, cutting over the Arctic, taking the shortest route to American cities.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
