orbited

past tense of orbit

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Recent Examples of orbited The two artists have orbited each other for years, having even shared the stage together on Swift’s Reputation tour. Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025 The young, cool star is orbited by four inner planets, one of which has just formed a large moon in the aftermath of a giant impact, followed by an asteroid belt, four gas giants, a Kuiper belt, and an Oort cloud. Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025 In 2024, Menon was part of a four-person crew of private astronauts who orbited Earth for five days as part of the Polaris Dawn mission. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 The drone orbited for about 50 minutes, according to a statement from the defense ministry, before leaving national airspace near the town of Pardina in northern Dobruja, heading towards Ukraine. Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025 An asteroid called 2024 PT5 orbited Earth for just 57 days in 2024 before slipping back into its solar orbit. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Spy satellites have orbited the Earth since the dawn of the Space Age. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025 The simulations showed that as Ursa Major III orbited the Milky Way, the galaxy’s gravity could have slowly stripped away its outer stars. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orbited
Verb
  • All the girls’ rooms were upstairs, opening off a balcony that circled a large inner courtyard, so everyone could see everyone, a panopticon nobody wanted in ugly cream vinyl tile.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • An Ohio State Highway Patrol helicopter circled the urban core and parts of Evanston, Avondale and South Fairmount until after midnight as part of a joint operation, police officials said.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But if progress in robotics proceeds anywhere close to the speed of the wider AI industry, that wide distance may nevertheless be traversed in a short space of time.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The Location and Set Curb traversed the city of Los Angeles for the majority of its twelve seasons.
    THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the base of Sharp Top is 24-acre Abbott Lake, which is encircled by a one-mile paved walking path.
    Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The company’s home base of France leads with 23 three-key properties, including Parisian château Saint James Paris, which is encircled by lush gardens, and Airelles Château de Versailles, Le Grand Contrôle, located on the grounds of Versailles.
    Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 10 Oct. 2025

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