re-route
Britishverb
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to route or direct (traffic, a road, a river, etc) in a different direction
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to change the direction of (a project, funds, etc)
Example Sentences
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United Airlines helped re-route Calderón to Nicaragua — and the airline did bump up his seat to first class to make up for the mix-up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
The rigid routes of container ships – which for some shipping companies have thousands of customers to consider for each vessel – make it more difficult to re-route them at the last minute.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
Stockmann wants to publish his discovery in the newspaper and demand that the city council re-route the water pipes.
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2023
There were 361 flights either delayed, cancelled or diverted to other regional airports on Sunday, affecting about 65,000 passengers, while numerous other flights were forced to re-route to avoid Philippine airspace.
From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2023
Drought-stricken correspondents at one small California newspaper have sparked a national conversation by proposing to re-route water from the Mississippi River to the parts of the U.S.
From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2022
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