alternate route
Example Sentences
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That alternate route can take about two weeks to cross the Atlantic, while a standard container ship would take about nine days, and an airplane would only take eight hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Degrate had turned down FM 2989 as an alternate route.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2025
Drivers in Argyll have been warned about potential landslides on the A83, with an alternate route to be opened as a precaution.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
“By opening this alternate route, we will support the flow of marine traffic into Baltimore.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
A couple of times, the drivers came back to the church saying that they were cut off and there was no alternate route to the site.”
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
