swing around
Example Sentences
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The spaceship will actually swing around the Moon without entering its orbit by following a carefully planned trajectory.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
It made his spin a little faster and gave his right leg more space to swing around.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024
To get there, the spacecraft has to follow a circuitous flight path that so far has included a swing around Earth, two Venus flybys, and three passes by Mercury.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 3, 2024
They set a target date of September 2025 for the mission, which will swing around the moon without landing there.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2024
Right then, he’d swing around and head for the cabin, dragging down corn with the plow and paying no mind whatever to my hauling back on the reins and hollering “Whoa!”
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
