circumnavigate

The American pioneer vanished while attempting to circumnavigate the globe in 1937, spawning decades of speculation about her fate.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The first Saturday in May is a cherished tradition for New York’s die-hard walkers, who gather to circumnavigate Manhattan in one very long day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Eguino and his circus mates circumnavigate the Globe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Similar to the race to the moon, this mission to aerially circumnavigate the world required “uniquely American” coordination and teamwork across military, industry, political and diplomatic figures, said Boeing’s senior corporate historian, Michael Lombardi.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024

They would circumnavigate the world in it, never remaining in any one port more than a week at a time.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

The course circumnavigates the Ashland watershed between Mount Ashland and the park, accumulating 7,200 feet of elevation change, mostly on dirt roads and trails.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2017

The World, on which 142 families reside in 165 apartments, is constantly on the move and circumnavigates the globe every two-to-three years.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2017

Apparently the darkness does not trouble him, for he circumnavigates a round table and a revolving bookcase without hesitation, and finally drops into the arm-chair recently vacated by his son.

From A Safety Match by Ian Hay

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

He said the Chinese balloons were "specially designed for these long-range missions" and some had "apparently circumnavigated the globe".

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023

We remembered that Magellan circumnavigated the world by thinking of him as Ma-Jell-O; his body just wiggled and jiggled all over the globe.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

Rutherford is best known for being the first to complete a nonstop solo sail circumnavigating North and South America.

From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023

Kelsey was most recently working on a new book, translating the account of a person who was on the ship with the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan when he was circumnavigating the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

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

Getting to those matches and and back has seen them clock up more than 100,000 miles - the equivalent of circumnavigating the globe more than four times.

From BBC ● May 30, 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