en route
Example Sentences
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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
Less than two minutes later, the emergency vehicle en route to United 2384 requests permission to cross the same runway, via taxiway D. After a slight hesitation, the controller gives the green light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Lizz Kannenberg registered her 10-year-old son en route to a funeral reception this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
And on Tuesday, a UK warship left port in southern England en route to the eastern Mediterranean to "bolster British defences in the region" after a drone attack on Britain's Akrotiri base in southern Cyprus.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
In fact, there were Ares 3 supplies en route to Mars while the Ares 2 crew were on their way home.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
