en route

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The Seleção played free-flowing, artistic soccer, turning the game into a beauty contest as much as a cutthroat competition en route to lifting the trophy a record five times.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026

False rumors that Benjamin Franklin, en route from France to Philadelphia, had been captured by Barbary pirates caused a sensation.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2026

Yamal, an 18-year-old prodigy, showed flashes of his talent and set up his teammates well en route to winning man of the match honors that more than a few Spanish media members questioned.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

Heading there without it would have heaped further embarrassment on a man already en route to the fire exit of leadership.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

He derived that scant information by word of mouth, mainly from an envoy who had visited Pizarro’s force for two days while it was en route inland from the coast.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond