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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

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

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