route
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As of last week, the Navy had secretly been helping ships navigate a southerly route farther from Iran’s coast, apparently for free.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
He says Zhang was "the one with the connections" in China, and the cartels had to "start from scratch and build a new route".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Nor are they likely to climb much higher unless the fighting becomes worse and the Strait of Hormuz, a critical transit route for oil supplies, is closed to shipping traffic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Across the archipelago, marine iguanas routinely stretch out across boardwalks and walking paths, forcing tourists to either wait patiently or find another route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
At the end of an alley, when my route was cut off by a heap of crates and half-rotten lumber, I climbed a ladder to the roof.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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The mercenaries are now closely integrated into the country’s national army and local militias, exploiting smuggling routes and diverting trade flows to maintain control over key resources, including the Oubangui River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Paternal care, however, followed two different evolutionary routes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
At the height of the civil war, the river running along the border with Congo was one of the few routes in and out of the capital for residents fleeing the grinding conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Then on 25 and 27 June two ships in Omani waters were struck with Iran warning all vessels to only use its approved routes.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Traffic has been getting increasingly worse, and the GPS apps keep giving everyone the same alternate routes, just compounding the problem.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Aviation Minister JoBeth Coleby-Davis told reporters a plane had earlier routed back to Nassau when the pilot reported an issue.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Some of these countries have routed doctors’ pay through third-country recruitment firms and rebutted assertions of forced labor by documenting that the Cubans keep their own passports and bank accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Few Los Angeles cases are routed there, Zenner said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Anthropic says most queries about cybersecurity or biology and chemistry will be routed instead to the lower-tier model, Opus 4.8, which was made public in late May.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
Bright with banners, obsidian blades gleaming in the sun, the army advanced on the long-term enemy it had routed so many times before—and was utterly defeated.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The report documents instances that may constitute federal wire fraud, revealing that unsuspecting private donors who intended to support the congressionally chartered foundation were apparently surreptitiously handed Freedom 250’s bank account and routing numbers instead.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
“Regardless of the possible merits of new transmission, routing it through the heart of California’s largest state park makes no sense,” said Brendan Cummings, conservation director with the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
When they got jobs, I helped them fill out the direct-deposit forms, showing them how to find the routing and account numbers, and, yes, patiently explaining the meaning and correct usage of said routing number.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
The technology traces back to 1971, when Ray Tomlinson chose the @ symbol to separate a user from the host—a technical routing fix that created a universal digital identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Or we pass around our routing sheet and study the day’s owners’ “Hot Buttons,” as sketched in by Tammy.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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