circuitous route

Example Sentences

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However, some Gulf Coast shippers have devised a nifty Jones Act work-around that involves a circuitous route through the Bahamas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

In that case, exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood say they can’t trace back the cost basis because of the holding’s circuitous route.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026

People travelling between Al-Eizariya and Jerusalem would have to take a circuitous route three times longer than the present journey, he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

It’s the circuitous route they traveled to reach that spot that is so troublesome.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024

He takes a circuitous route around the Hub, away from the mass of Exclusion Guards and internees who are still pouring out of the Mess and toward the Midway.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed