en route

Example Sentences

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There were also shipments en route to Asia when the conflict began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"Mexican authorities have activated their search and rescue protocol for two sailboats en route to Havana as part of the Convoy, which have not yet arrived," a spokesperson for the convoy told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 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 had met Dad in Boston while she was en route to Europe on one of those well-chaperoned tours for fashionable young ladies of the ’nineties.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey