circumnavigate
verb (used with object)
to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation.
has circumnavigated
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present perfectof circumnavigate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Horn has circumnavigated the Arctic Circle solo, circled the globe along the equator without motorized transport and completed the first-ever night expedition to the North Pole, without dogs and frequently swimming along the way.
From Time Magazine Archive
In paying his own Commonwealth calls, he has circumnavigated the globe three times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon hearing about her feat, Explorer Tristan Jones, who has circumnavigated the globe three times, urged club officials to wire congratulations to James.
From Time Magazine Archive
Was it possible, they wondered, that they were seeing the Milky Way and M31 from the other direction—like seeing the back of your head with light that has circumnavigated the universe?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
