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were routing

  • past progressive of route.

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After Harbaugh served his first suspension, the Wolverines were routing overmatched opponents while facing potentially tougher obstacles off the field.

From Seattle Times Nov. 20, 2023

Just for a moment, on this terrible day, it seemed things were routing back to normal in Squirrel Hill.

From The Guardian Oct. 28, 2018

All night long excited Hungarian reporters were routing royalists out of bed to learn if Otto was attempting to seize Hungary's vacant throne.

From Time Magazine Archive

The barbarians were advancing to desolate and destroy, were routing armies and sacking cities and enslaving citizens, when the great fathers of the church were laying the foundation of a Christian state.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by Lord, John

And had he not heard a dreadful roaring, as if all the cattle on Faldonside Hill were routing at once?

From The Gold Of Fairnilee by Lang, Andrew