circumnavigating

verb

present participle of circumnavigate
1
as in circling
to travel completely around the first ship to circumnavigate the globe

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2
as in bypassing
to avoid by going around we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit

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Recent Examples of circumnavigating The countdown clock is officially rolling at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where four astronauts are preparing to take off on the mission of a lifetime — circumnavigating the moon and returning humans to deep space for the first time in five decades as part of Artemis II. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 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 Two hundred seventy-two miles of scenery are signposted by pretty blue and orange ribbons circumnavigating the island, representing the ocean and those ubiquitous mandarins. — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumnavigating
  1. circling
  2. bypassing
  3. traversing
  4. circumventing
  5. orbiting
  6. avoiding
  7. encircling
  8. crossing
Verb
  • Apollo Global Management is reportedly circling a roughly $3 billion investment tied to the Steinbrenner family’s holding company, which controls the Yankees along with minority stakes in AC Milan, New York City FC, and Legends Hospitality.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • Earlier this morning in New York’s always-buzzing Meatpacking District, a long queue of young, cool folks could be seen lining up along 14th street—circling the block from 10th avenue all the way to 9th.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Definition of circling
Verb
  • When the first World Cup was staged in 1930, its purpose was to establish an independent, global football championship that allowed professional players to compete for a world title, bypassing the Olympic Games’ amateur-only restrictions.
    — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The link could carry up to 2 million barrels a day from Iraq, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of bypassing
Verb
  • There was no zigzagging across the continent, traversing borders or altitude concerns.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Mulching can also create barriers that ivy will have difficulty traversing.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 15 July 2026
Definition of traversing
Verb
  • More than a dozen states with sports betting bans on the books have sued Kalshi and Polymarket for allegedly circumventing state laws by running unlicensed, unregulated gambling platforms.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • Likely to avoid other bad actors circumventing safeguards, xAI did not include examples of Harwood’s successful prompts or describe methods used to bypass filters.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
Definition of circumventing
Verb
  • Such are the strange semantic questions raised by studies of CD-35 2722 B, a brown dwarf with about 30 times the mass of Jupiter that’s orbiting a small star that is some 73 light-years from Earth in the system CD-35 2722.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 July 2026
  • As the number of satellites orbiting Earth continues to grow, so does the risk of crashes between these spacecraft.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of orbiting
Verb
  • The good news is that the brand is still recoverable, avoiding stage 5, capitulation to irrelevance.
    — Clifford Hudson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • This time, the Yankees prevailed by a hair, beating Los Angeles, 2-1, and avoiding a series sweep.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
Definition of avoiding
Verb
  • Cheers roared from the crowd encircling the concrete arena as two skateboarders slammed into each other at top speed.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • Styled by Brad Goreski, Moore wore a custom cobalt blue Self Portrait gown with an oversized bow encircling the hips, falling into a train.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 22 May 2026
Definition of encircling
Verb
  • Every Leeds supporter will be crossing their fingers that the hierarchy prove persuasive — and that Trafford offers their club a long-term solution in goal.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Hikers pass Sherpa villages, Buddhist monasteries and the mountain town of Namche Bazaar, crossing suspension bridges above rushing rivers.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
Definition of crossing

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