Thesaurus results for NAVIGATED

navigated

verb

past tense of navigate

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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as in traversed

to make one's way through, across, or over it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it

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Recent Examples of navigated In the hour leading up to the Dutch GP, rain soaked the circuit, including during the reconnaissance laps, when the cars navigated from the garage to the grid pre-race. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 23 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 Getting back on track, Snell navigated around a pair of singles in the fourth inning, before retiring the Rockies in order in the fifth and sixth. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 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 On Fast & Furious Supercharged, guests navigated a queue modeled off of the family’s warehouse headquarters and garage that included iconic cars and props from the big screen. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 While running on miniature wheels, the mice navigated virtual environments in search of rewards. — Ajdina Halilovic, Scientific American, 13 Aug. 2026

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The lawsuit further alleges the practices steered buyers away from homes offering lower commissions, ultimately increasing costs for some homebuyers.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
At the arrow’s impact, the buck hunched and steered dead for the woods.

— Jeff Murray, Outdoor Life, 20 Aug. 2026

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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
Inside the operation, workers traversed a warehouse-sized maze of shelves, walking as much as 14 to 20 miles a day to fulfill orders.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2026

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Prosecutors said Hernandez piloted the boat into a swell and had accelerated the throttle to try to pass through it until the swell swamped the bow of the boat, capsizing it immediately, a complaint alleged.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
About three hours and 20 minutes into the ride, Hernandez piloted the vessel in a U-turn, which investigators believed brought the boat into a swell caused by a larger passing boat.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 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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Takaichi's remark crossed what China considers a red line in its relations with other countries about Taiwan, which is a self-governing island that Beijing claims as its territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
This summer, and this year, further shows the importance of protecting the theatrical window as the domestic annual box office has crossed the $7 billion mark according to Rentrak.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2026

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Vitello wanted Smith to face the right-handed hitting Caleb Durbin before going to lefty Sam Hentges, but the move didn’t pan out as Smith walked Durbin on four pitches.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
As Counsell exited the dugout to make the pitching change, Imanaga walked to the back of the mound and stared toward the outfield.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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