route march
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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My route march takes me past a dozen of these lonely cemeteries.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2014
Miliband etches out a monumental route march, that will take a bravery and political skill closer to Lloyd George in his People's Budget than anything Labour did last time in office.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 14, 2013
Il Duce took his place in the line again with chin up and swinging arms, pacing a battalion of the 67th Infantry in a route march to strain the legs of the shortest.
From Time Magazine Archive
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On a hill above England's Salisbury Plain a stuffy general stood at the roadside, watching the 17th Light Battery return from a route march.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It took the form of a route march to a place six miles away, where the whole Division being assembled as at sports, various demonstrations were made, including the firing of projectors—tabloid gas training.
From The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 by Morrison, F. L.
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