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 Anyone who has successfully navigated through an AI initiative can attest to this. Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 This male and female duo navigated the film’s tonal shifts between horror and comedy with ease. William Earl, Variety, 25 July 2026 Without training in how to respond to it, a threat can feel not just frightening but formless, something to be endured rather than navigated. Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026 With that hurdle successfully navigated, Cameron was back in the driver's seat and ready to head off to LV-426. Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 19 July 2026 But as the pair navigated through the corner, Hamilton experienced understeer. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 July 2026 In this Wild West of college athletics, when every player is an unrestricted free agent every year, some schools have navigated the transfer terrain better than others. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026 The book details how Schnipper navigated grief following the death of his nearly two-year-old son Renzo in 2021. Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026 If the Tesla had successfully navigated the course that Butler set before allegedly losing consciousness, the car would have turned left before smashing into the family home where 76-year-old Martha Avila lost her life. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026
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  • Trump steered the country into a war against Iran with no end in sight, disrupting the global flow of oil and spiking prices at the pump.
    Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • For example, without a keel or rudder, the canoes are steered by just hand blades fighting all that force.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 July 2026
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  • Courtesy Luxury Living Costa Rica Fortunes sailed away to Europe 300 years ago.
    Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Sears had allowed only a single and faced the minimum 13 batters when Michael Harris II tied the game with a home run that sailed just beyond the tall wall in right field with one out in the fifth.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
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  • Bear tracks showed where a pair of grizzlies had traversed our island and swum to the far shore.
    John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Some traffic traversed the strait on Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler, which verified 41 crossings compared to 36 on Monday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
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  • The company already piloted similar supplier data workflows through a collaboration with Microsoft, one of its backers alongside the Ford Foundation, Hamilton Lane and S&P Global.
    Arthur Zackiewicz, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Near the end of the demo, one of us piloted a ship while the other used a turret to shoot enemies and space debris.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 7 July 2026
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  • Jet skis ferried survivors back to shore while people on the beach provided first aid.
    Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Embracing a local landmark, the park course had a ramp styled after Sacramento’s Tower Bridge, the State Fair site’s iconic sky ride ferried guests and skateboarder Nyjah Huston of nearby Davis made a podium at age 31.
    Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
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  • Isaac Paredes, whose three-run homer turned the tide on Tuesday, followed with a solo shot that chased Alcantara.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • The setback in 2026 should be temporary, and followed by a boom in global LNG markets through 2050, according to a new report by Oil and Gas Journal.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
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  • The cancer arose in one clam, crossed into the other, and now flourishes in its new host, while the pullet carpet shell in those same waters shows no trace of the disease.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, crossed $100 a barrel Thursday for the first time since May.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
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  • The king was said to have walked the perimeter at dusk and, like Ser Criston Cole, did not wear his mail hauberk.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Lindsay Pruitt gives him a hug while checking out this week’s edition of Sip City’s Wine & Chill Wednesday, having walked the 500 steps from her front door.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026

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