navigate
verb (used with object)
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft.
had navigated
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past perfectof navigate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Rowland had navigated a number of successful career pivots—from elementary-school teacher to news anchor to editor of children’s textbooks—which Ms. FitzSimons characterizes as “a series of wild swings that somehow worked out.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
But his solace comes from his real subjects — F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hal Ashby, Tuesday Weld, Warren Zevon and others — who had navigated this city unforgiving of the unsuccessful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
In its first full-year results, CEO Brian McNamara said the company had navigated a highly volatile environment.
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023
Cotton, who has played Sean Tully in the soap since 2003, said the Queen had "navigated the terrain well".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2022
Far to their west on the Antarctic Peninsula was Erebus and Terror Gulf, named in honor of the two ships that had navigated the bottom of the world before being lost at the top.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
