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as in traverses
to travel completely around
the first ship to circumnavigate the globe
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as in bypasses
to avoid by going around
we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit
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Recent Examples of circumnavigates
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.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigates
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As Mesidor traverses the field at Bommarito Performance Systems in Aventura, there’s a part of him that wants to be alongside everyone else who does wind sprints in preparation for their 40s.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Feb. 2026
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The nearly 450-foot-tall bridge, one of the vehicular bridges in the Trinity River Corridor Project, connects downtown Dallas to West Dallas and traverses the Trinity River.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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Critics argue the White House policy amounts to selective immigration that bypasses refugees fleeing far more acute humanitarian crises elsewhere.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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In this near-field regime, the light bypasses the diffraction limit and probes nanoscale features.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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As the camera circles the car, two other portions of Kennedy’s speech play in the background.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The polar vortex is a persistent, large-scale cyclone that circles the Arctic and contains extremely cold air.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Feb. 2026
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Many of the mistakes or inconsistencies that happen in garment manufacturing stem from human error, which CreateMe circumvents.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Feb. 2026
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Moscow is at the mercy of an American president who circumvents traditional channels of power and obliterates the constraints that once regulated their use.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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Instead, a bright ring of sunlight encircles the moon's silhouette, often called a 'ring of fire'.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The trail encircles a large, ADA-accessible playground and also provides views of the South Bend skyline.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Midwest Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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The route map, for instance, avoids the shuttered Alliance Bank Center.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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That avoids lease financing costs while still taking advantage of the remaining federal tax credit, assuming companies pass the savings onto the customer.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2026
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As the exomoon orbits its host, its gravity swings the planet around their common center of gravity, called the barycenter.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 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,
24 Feb. 2026
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But Fishback crosses that line with apparent glee, using a Jewish sacred space as a punchline to score political points.—
Steven Burg,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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However, this level of simplicity becomes difficult to maintain as soon as daily life crosses the border.—
Felysha Walker,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Circumnavigates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigates. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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