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circumnavigate

[sur-kuhm-nav-i-geyt] / ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt /


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But we have have found it is possible to circumnavigate these checks and trick Gemini into saying these fake Google Earth images are real.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. may hope they can circumnavigate the Islamic Republic by moving oil through new pipelines, but those pipelines will remain vulnerable to missiles and drones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Most locals agreed and tolerated the truck traffic rerouting through Carbonne to circumnavigate the roadblock, according to the mayor, Denis Turrel.

From New York Times Jan. 31, 2024

Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared while flying from New Guinea to Howland Island as part of her attempt to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2024

In principle, such a journey, mounting the decimal points ever closer to the speed of light, would even permit us to circumnavigate the known universe in some fifty-six years ship time.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Crater Lake National Park announced Tuesday that it had shut down a portion of Rim Drive, the road that circumnavigates Oregon’s famous caldera, for the rest of the 2023 season.

From Seattle Times Jul. 12, 2023

That’s how my wife, Selina, and I explored the area, following the signposted 168-mile Lake Constance Bike Route, which roughly circumnavigates the lake.

From Washington Post Jun. 24, 2022

The L.E.D. screen—sixty feet long and almost two stories tall—flashes with ads for Broadway plays, beer, and children’s movies, as the boat circumnavigates lower Manhattan.

From The New Yorker Sep. 18, 2019

The open-air expedition circumnavigates the island’s undeveloped coastline — a mini safari in the middle of the Pacific.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2019

Jupiter" said John, as he leisurely rolled a cigarette, "circumnavigates the sun once while the earth goes around it twelve times.

From The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Micheaux, Oscar

They dropped anchor off the coast of Shanghai on Dec. 3, having circumnavigated the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Ferdinand Magellan may have circumnavigated the globe, but he was not an expert on where he was going as he embarked upon the journey.

From Slate Jan. 14, 2024

Frodo, on the other hand, circumnavigated the entire North Pacific—and, as Ransome would discover, he’s not alone.

From National Geographic Sep. 28, 2023

Over the past two weeks, I have circumnavigated the globe by land, air and sea.

From Scientific American Jul. 5, 2023

Mary Anne began a slow, arduously clumsy dance that began to accelerate as she circumnavigated her father’s easy chair.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

In February, they were seen circumnavigating Australia's coastline for more than three weeks where they staged unprecedented live-fire drills.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2025

In circumnavigating distant seas, this majestic production recovers some lost treasure of childhood.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2025

The fruit fly is now on foot, circumnavigating the top of my sake pitcher, then moving on to the rim of my cup, which has a chip in it.

From Seattle Times Nov. 3, 2022

It was possible to walk the site’s stone thoroughfares without circumnavigating mile-long lines at the Grey Goose and Heineken stands, but throngs still moved like molasses.

From Washington Post Sep. 4, 2022

After Eratosthenes, some may have tried, but not until the time of Magellan did anyone succeed in circumnavigating the Earth.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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