circumambulating

present participle of circumambulate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumambulating
Verb
  • From the Higgs to the Next Frontier The road to the FCC remains long, and Europe has been traversing it for years.
    Florencia Canelli, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
  • Spending a year in California versus a month traversing small town America is a big difference.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors said the children were then transported to El Paso after crossing the border.
    Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Hopes have risen that crude supplies will improve markedly with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that’s key for the world’s oil transport, even though the number of ships crossing the strait is still limited.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
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“Circumambulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumambulating. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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