reroute

American

[ree-raut, ree-root] / riˈraʊt, ˌriˈrut /

verb

to send or travel on a new or different route.

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The note was given to the pilot, who was told to reroute the plane.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

But it could benefit several companies that build infrastructure to reroute oil and gas away from the Persian Gulf.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Her aim is to reroute individuals from relying on the approval of the people and systems outside to instead deepening our relationships with ourselves and our community in ways that are more fulfilling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

The U.A.E. was able to reroute some of its oil exports via a pipeline to Fujairah, a strategic port city outside the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

After the Georgia station shut down—he didn’t know the details, but gossip held it had been discovered—they were testing all the lines in order to reroute traffic.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

“The system kind of reroutes your perception to make you feel like you are somewhere else.”

From Salon ● May 26, 2025

Current treatments consist of a series of three open heart surgeries all before the patient's 5th year of life that reroutes oxygenated blood supply to the right ventricle.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

“He’s like, ‘Have you heard of lava dams, where volcanic rocks and lava creates a dam and reroutes the river?’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

But relatively close to its source there is a manmade canal that reroutes some water southward to the Segura River.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

He reroutes, relinquishing his hotel bed for another night at a truck stop.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

Cable architecture allows traffic to be rerouted, so a cut would not cause a total blackout.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Goods from northern ports are being rerouted to Switzerland by road or rail, while Genoa is gaining importance as a route into Switzerland, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Instead, traffic stands at 50%, including 7 million barrels a day of rerouted pipeline for flows increasingly vulnerable to Red Sea disruption.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

As necks lengthened over evolutionary time, the nerve was stretched rather than rerouted.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026

First, 118 miles in Virginia were rerouted to accommodate the construction of Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

"The bigger structural issue for India isn't rerouting capability - it's repair capacity," says Gupta.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A representative confirmed the car was rerouting, and my wife asked, “Can’t you tell it where to turn?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Allegiant Airlines also canceled its LAX operations in January, rerouting flights out of Hollywood Burbank Airport instead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

Sidewalk closures, fence hopping and rerouting were common for these experimental pedestrians who often concluded that this is not a good plan for getting to the World Cup.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

“We’re rerouting all traffic onto Burton for the next few hours. I apologize for the inconvenience.”

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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