en route
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday, Italy denied US aircraft permission to land as they were en route to the Middle East for combat operations.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
By the 1960s, it had a simple runway made of desert sand, used as a refuelling stop by airliners en route to arguably more exotic destinations.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
An additional 5,000 Marines and thousands of sailors are already en route to the region, where 50,000 more Marines are currently stationed.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
She was crossing the border en route to Oman, where she lives and owns a beauty salon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Another February 8 motion was aimed at disallowing the prosecution from using anything in the trial that Reggie had said to Rindlisbacher at the scene of the accident, and en route to the hospital.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
