circumnavigate
verb (used with object)
to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation.
circumnavigation
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a word derived from
circumnavigate.
Example Sentences
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Their fortunes turned in 1772, as Cook was about to embark on his second circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Resolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Each participant must complete four weeks of intense training before taking part in one or all eight stages of the circumnavigation.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Captain Matthew Flinders, from Donington, led the first circumnavigation of Australia.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2023
He flew to space last summer on a mission by Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket company and holds a record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth via both the geographic poles by plane.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Mrs. Platt’s circumnavigation of her supper table completed, she began to revolve around the parlor, the plates being lain on the mantelpiece or the gaming table.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
