circumnavigate

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

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 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

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

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

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

It is easily accessed from the “ring road” that circumnavigates the park, the Cabot Trail, and follows a long ridge with a stunning view of the coast.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016

We see the same spirit manifested occasionally nowadays when some New Englander crosses the ocean in a dory, or circumnavigates the world alone in a 30-foot sloop.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

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

In that briefing, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman also revealed one balloon had circumnavigated the planet in 2019, travelling over Hawaii and Florida.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023

Was it possible, they wondered, that they were seeing the Milky Way and M31 from the other direction—like seeing the back of your head with light that has circumnavigated the universe?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

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

Spain renewed its argument in 1522 when an expeditionary fleet that had been captained by Ferdinand Magellan returned to Europe after circumnavigating the globe.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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

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