shortest route
Example Sentences
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The shortest route for Russian surface-launched ballistic missiles to North America is over the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Greenland's location also puts it on the shortest route for missiles between Russia and the United States.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Greenland lies on the shortest route from North America to Europe, making it strategically important for the US.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
To measure longer distances, you can draw a thread around a globe, such that the shortest route is a curve—after all, Earth is not flat.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 17, 2023
The shortest route was across the chasm, and we’d just destroyed the only bridge.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
