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en route

[ahn root, en, ahn root] / ɑn ˈrut, ɛn, ɑ̃ ˈrut /




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On an underground train en route to Piccadilly Circus, I got the picture after spotting a newspaper headline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The Charles de Gaulle, the flagship of the French navy, and its escorts were transiting through the Suez Canal en route to the southern Red Sea, the defence ministry said.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

It’s the reset I reach for when I know groceries are en route and the counters feel a little gritty, a little sticky from a day of recipe testing.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

Years before the project began, migrating ospreys had been spotted in Poole Harbour, en route from Scotland to their wintering grounds in north Africa.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

She had been dreaming that she was on a train, en route to her first job interview.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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