navigated

past tense of navigate
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as in steered
to operate or control the course of the hours of training that are required before a student pilot is allowed to navigate an airplane solo

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as in sailed
to travel on water in a vessel the months that were once required to navigate around South America in the days before the Panama Canal

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Recent Examples of navigated Ironing those out before Week 1 matters for a team that has navigated turnover issues in recent years. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026 After Skubal navigated some hard contact in the sixth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh but failed to score. Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 In its 37-page report, the AI company documented how its models navigated a series of evaluations before and during the incident. Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 In what turned about to be the final NFL game for iconic running back Jim Brown, Vince Lombardi's Packers navigated a sloppy Lambeau Field surface for an overwhelming victory. Jim Reineking, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 The article told the story of a 65-year-old Boston-area woman who navigated back surgery and a heart valve replacement largely on her own. Angie O’Leary, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 For years, New York City teachers navigated a broken and fragmented instructional system. Evan Stone, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 There is depth and detail that can be navigated and known, probed and plundered for rewards — and the best way to do all of that is with a manual telescope. Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026 The move reflects how Hollywood has navigated the murkier elements of generative AI, a technology many in the industry are fascinated by yet worry undercuts their work through the unauthorized scraping of likenesses to train their models. Corbin Bolies, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • On the July 26, 2024 episode, Russini and her co-host had Ryan Tannehill as a guest and Russini steered the conversation toward how good a coach Vrabel is.
    Mike Semel, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • However, an iceberg is sustained and steered by the 90% buried beneath the surface.
    Natalie Grabher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • The Milestone Recognition Program also bestows benefits based on how many days passengers have sailed with the line.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • And then Timmy and Oli sailed east across the Pacific to America, a three-month voyage.
    George Boedecker Jr, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • Sting is set to narrate a new documentary portrait of Nino Rota, the Italian composer whose music traversed the worlds of cinema and the concert hall, from Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and 8½ to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather.
    SPIN Staff, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The film itself was an odyssey of a shoot, as the cast traversed multiple countries and territories—Scotland, Italy, the Western Sahara, Greece—in all types of weather.
    Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • As Moore piloted a research boat last month, the largest Great Lake was calm and pancake flat, its water so clear the bottom could be seen at multiple depths.
    Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Walker piloted both flights and became the first person to go to space twice.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Madilynn Becker, Miss Kansas While Madilynn Becker has long since given up most of her rituals and superstitions, there was one that ferried her through her young pageant career.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
  • He’s now being ferried around the Ankara airport in a food service vehicle to a third aircraft, leaving the crew and other administration personnel to leave on a plane that was presumably under threat.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Crude-tanker stocks have led the rally, up 120% year-to-date, followed by car carriers, gas carriers and dry-bulk shippers, Lloyd's data show.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Officers followed the sounds of the gunfire to another floor, where a smoky haze limited their visibility.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • What followed was eight days of evacuation by the Royal Navy aided by a fleet of small private boats that crossed the English Channel to aid in getting the men off the beaches.
    David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The move to Vegas crossed 18 years, involving two ownerships and five different locations – two in Santa Clara County and two in Oakland proper.
    Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
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  • One day earlier, given the same advance notice, Allen struck out twice and walked during a 6-2 loss.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After striking out the side in the first, Cavalli walked the bases loaded with one out in the second but then struck out Owen Caissie and Mack to escape the jam.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026

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