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[root, raut] / rut, raʊt /




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L.A. is “the fastest and most reliable route from Asia to markets across the United States,” Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

There is also heavy security deployment in central Delhi and along the route of the march.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The route changes also disrupt the complex orchestra put together by airlines’ flight planning teams, which must account for everything from crew working-hour limits to the delicate balance of connecting flights.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

It called it "one of the deadliest shipwrecks recorded" on the route.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Ratwin’s planning the route, Irian’s mending the boat.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Oil tanker freight rates have surged as rising attacks and longer shipping routes squeeze vessel availability in the Middle East, according to ANZ.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Major shipping companies, including CMA-CGM, MSC and Hapag-Lloyd, have pledged to avoid Arctic routes, citing environmental concerns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

In September, she also reopened a scheme to resettle refugees in the UK, saying she hoped that offering "safe and legal" routes would deter small boat crossings.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Pete is programming them to repeatedly fly exactly the same routes over the damaged landscape.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

His father, who had emigrated at the turn of the century from the city of Odessa in the Ukraine, worked mainly as a trucking clerk, dispatching drivers on their routes.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

They also routed water to 350 acres of new earthen basins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Players slept at a hotel, got up the next day and routed the Jacksonville Jaguars, 35-7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Banque Misr’s United Arab Emirates branch accessed U.S. correspondent accounts and routed as much as $1.8 billion for companies that were potentially part of Iranian shadow-banking networks, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The invoice from the supplier contained the details of its Chinese bank account, and noted that the $650,000 payment should be routed via a U.S.-based clearing partner in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

He hurried back to his companions, but he said nothing: the bones were best left in peace and not pawed and routed by Gollum.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Over the last several years, work crews there have been restoring natural floodplains along rivers and creeks, building recharge basins, and routing floodwater to farm fields where it can soak into the land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Networking revenue surged 75% to $2.89 billion, including a 270% rise in routing revenue to $788 million and a 112% increase in data center networking revenue to $382 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Microsoft’s winning strategy doesn’t come from owning the best model, but rather routing user requests in the most efficient manner across Microsoft AI and third-party providers, according to the analyst.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

The attack affected the communication operations of the fire and police departments, including the routing of 911 calls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

That same night, the Midland Lee Rebels finished the season by routing the Cooper Cougars, and the Midland High Bulldogs did likewise by beating the Abilene High Eagles.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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