en route

Example Sentences

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During the 2021 season, the Rams traded for pass rusher Von Miller en route to winning the Super Bowl at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Linsey Smith was particularly difficult to get away at the start en route to 2-15 while Dean took 3-13 and Sophie Ecclestone snared 1-11.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Longet was with Sabich in the ambulance when he died en route to the Aspen hospital.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth surprised officials by accelerating troops cuts, with some equipment already en route when the deployment was canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Chastened, they sailed on, but en route word reached them that Sumatra had fallen to the French and so they observed the transit inconclusively from the Cape of Good Hope.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson