as in to traverse
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Recent Examples of circumambulate
Visitors circumambulate the gallery, opening gray stall doors and finding sculptures inside.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
Trying to stay upright while circumambulating these tilted, towering forms induced vertigo.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
An aerial view of Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Grand Mosque in September 2017.
—Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 July 2018
Hajj pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 22, 2017.
—Laignee Barron, Time, 7 Mar. 2018
Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024
Trying to stay upright while circumambulating these tilted, towering forms induced vertigo.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
An aerial view of Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Grand Mosque in September 2017.
—Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 July 2018
Hajj pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 22, 2017.
—Laignee Barron, Time, 7 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumambulate
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Sometime in the next week, another part of the team, working from the South Korean icebreaker RV Araon, aims to drop another cable, which a robot will traverse once a day, down to a rocky moraine in the Amundsen Sea.—
Christian Elliott,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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As Indianapolis has expanded its winter contingency plan to include new emergency shelters during dangerously cold weather, a small group of IMPD officers and nonprofit workers traverse the city to inform people living outdoors of their options and even drive some to safety.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
30 Jan. 2026
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During the first few days of operation, only 50 people per day will be allowed to cross both ways, Egypt’s state-affiliates AlQahera News reported on Monday, citing an unidentified source.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Egyptian authorities said the first day of operations will allow up to 50 Palestinians to cross in each direction, a figure that reflects the narrow scope of the initial reopening rather than a full return to prewar travel.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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Hunter, who’s called upon to bring a dynamic physicality to Solange, perambulating with the assistance of a considerably loud walker, is agonizing and entertaining as a controlling Southern Belle whose microaggressions (and incontinence) eventually pushes her daughter-in-law to the edge.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
4 Sep. 2024
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The franchise has moved continually west, perambulating from Rochester to Cincinnati to Kansas City (and, briefly, Omaha, as well), and finally, in 1985, to Sacramento, where its parched fans are enjoying their first playoff run since 2006.—
Bob Ryan,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 Apr. 2023
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“Circumambulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumambulate. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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