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as in to traverse
to travel completely around
the first ship to circumnavigate the globe
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as in to bypass
to avoid by going around
we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit
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Recent Examples of circumnavigate
Four are named in honor of different Miami Dolphins players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame that circumnavigate South Florida – the DCC 5K along with the Dan Marino, Larry Csonka, Zach Thomas and Jason Tyler Rides.
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Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Superpressure balloons can last for months and travel long distances, potentially circumnavigating the globe, all the while reporting their position.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Ko Samui is the third-largest island in the country but remains small enough to be circumnavigated in just a couple of hours by motorbike or car, making neighboring locations easy to access.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
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Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Superpressure balloons can last for months and travel long distances, potentially circumnavigating the globe, all the while reporting their position.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
Learn about the native flora and fauna at the Seaside Nature Center, or borrow a free bike and cycle the Bike Loop trail that circumnavigates the park.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Ko Samui is the third-largest island in the country but remains small enough to be circumnavigated in just a couple of hours by motorbike or car, making neighboring locations easy to access.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigate
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Romans already traversed to the eastern part of the state and will head to northern Kentucky in mid-May, with scheduled visits still to come in western Kentucky.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
2 May 2026
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Over an efficient five tracks, West traverses the sonic styles of her generation — from nu-metal riffs to rage-rap 808s — with dazzling confidence.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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But one of the world’s biggest industries has largely bypassed the software revolution, and still runs, to a remarkable extent, on human know-how.—
Theo Saville,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Duncan, who represents southwestern Kansas City, also questioned whether the team would try to argue that the stadium and surrounding district were actually part of Washington Square Park itself as a way to bypass paying property taxes.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
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The beaver continued to circle the area until emergency services took the boy to the hospital for treatment, the outlet stated.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Minutes before the raid, LAPD squads slowly circled the park.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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But the latest administrative checks, amid intensifying scrutiny, come after Italian media revealed internal emails that were framed as evidence that the Biennale organizers had circumvented sanctions against Russia to facilitate Russia’s participation.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Search and rescue team members circumvented the gate by riding a dirt bike and were able to locate the injured man, officials said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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SpaceX launched 45 satellites to orbit from California early Sunday morning (May 3), including a South Korean spacecraft that was originally supposed to fly in 2022.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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Psyche is a nickel-iron core asteroid that orbits the sun beyond Mars anywhere from 235 million to 309 million miles away.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Wrobleski is scheduled to start Sunday, as the Dodgers try to avoid a three-game sweep.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
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Instead, remove selective branches from the center of the plant to ensure good airflow and avoid mildew.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Early in the morning on May 6, police in riot gear encircled the encampment and ordered everyone to clear out, arresting 64 individuals who stayed.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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To put that in perspective, that is enough fabric to encircle the globe nearly 10 times.—
FMG Studios,
Footwear News,
1 May 2026
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Already, Kathy Luther, of the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, has put in an application for a brownfield coalition assessment grant and is crossing her fingers.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Because crossing four lanes of onrushing traffic was too risky.—
Lucius Riccio,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Circumnavigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigate. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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