orbited
Example Sentences
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Back in 1968, Apollo 8 orbited the Moon 10 times without landing.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Among the many faulty narratives that orbited out of the government, one asked us to consider the mental anguish suffered by these dispatched officers.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
He added that as the galaxies orbited one another and moved toward the superheated gas cloud surrounding the Virgo cluster, which reaches temperatures about 200 times hotter than the Sun's surface, they experienced "ram pressure."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2025
But, all these years later, I was reminded that Ozzy, despite his well-crafted Prince of Darkness persona, was the sun that brought brightness and warmth to the familial chaos that orbited around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2025
The same is true of the phases of Venus: once their existence was acknowledged, the conclusion that Venus orbited the Sun was inescapable.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
