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route

[root, raut] / rut, raʊt /




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A Delta spokesperson confirmed that the Delta flight was en route to Haneda, Japan at the time of the collision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

However, security risks around the Bab al-Mandeb strait are pushing Yanbu cargoes onto the more costly route around the Cape of Good Hope.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

That’s how I found myself racing through the streets of Key West, trying out the route.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

OPEC’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee separately expressed concern over attacks on energy infrastructure and disruptions to international maritime routes, saying they threaten supply availability and increase market volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

These were not just hunting paths that followed game trails or routes that peoples could easily follow during seasonal migrations.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Players slept at a hotel, got up the next day and routed the Jacksonville Jaguars, 35-7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Rams arrived the day before the game, and then routed the Jaguars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Shakeel ensured the visitors were not routed, only for Robinson to return to remove Shan Masood and Muhammad Rizwan in successive overs.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

After his auxiliaries were routed at Ravenna, the Swiss rose up and chased out the victors, to the surprise of Pope Julius as well as everyone else.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

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

Open models, it said, are hosted in Harvey-controlled infrastructure or through partners, which provides greater control over deployment, routing, security and cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 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

That same night, the Midland Lee Rebels finished the season by routing the Cooper Cougars, and the Midland High Bulldogs did likewise by beating the Abilene High Eagles.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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