as in circled
to travel completely around
the moon orbits the Earth
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Recent Examples of orbited
Every element had been carefully considered, Tabitha noted, the suave austerity of the Wassily chairs orbited by antique rugs and estate-sale paintings.
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Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Hydrogen atoms are the simplest nuclei, with a single proton orbited by an electron, so that’s typically what physicists have used for their experiments to measure the proton’s charge radius.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
Humans haven’t orbited the moon since 1972, setting our space program back decades.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
The Apollo astronauts, who orbited the moon rather than flew by it (as Artemis 2 did), also saw solar eclipses, NASA's Kelsey Young, Artemis science flight operations lead, said during a press conference on Saturday (April 4).
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Although some astronauts orbited the moon much closer to the surface than the crew will pass, their greater distance—about 4,000 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the moon—offers a different perspective and could provide more context for their observations, Young says.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
Apollo missions typically orbited the moon under 100 miles (or touched down on the surface).
—Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Hydrogen atoms are the simplest nuclei, with a single proton orbited by an electron, so that’s typically what physicists have used for their experiments to measure the proton’s charge radius.
—ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2026
Humans haven’t orbited the moon since 1972, setting our space program back decades.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
The Apollo astronauts, who orbited the moon rather than flew by it (as Artemis 2 did), also saw solar eclipses, NASA's Kelsey Young, Artemis science flight operations lead, said during a press conference on Saturday (April 4).
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Although some astronauts orbited the moon much closer to the surface than the crew will pass, their greater distance—about 4,000 miles (6,000 kilometers) above the moon—offers a different perspective and could provide more context for their observations, Young says.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
Apollo missions typically orbited the moon under 100 miles (or touched down on the surface).
—Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
The world’s first lunar visitors orbited the moon on Apollo 8.
—Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for orbited
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But doing things the easy way has been unbecoming of the Ducks, who fell behind by two goals, circled the wagons to force overtime but then stumbled in the bonus session, 4-3, off Marco Rossi’s OT winner.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Several controversies have circled the production, including criticism from Paris Jackson.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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Igra added that a friend who traversed the route months later and wound up in the jail as well also remembered the soup and had been telling her children about it for years.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Only 10 ships have traversed the strait in the last 24 hours.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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The latter was accompanied by the most striking choreography of the night, as a mass of humans encircled and swallowed Reznor at the end of the song, inviting him to join them in their amorphous horde.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2026
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How to Get Around Koh Chang is almost entirely encircled by one main road, and the island doesn't have any private tuk-tuks or taxis.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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