circumnavigate
verb (used with object)
to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation.
was circumnavigating
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past progressiveof circumnavigate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Kelsey was most recently working on a new book, translating the account of a person who was on the ship with the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan when he was circumnavigating the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Dr. Johan Lemmens, a retired medical doctor from Southend-on-Sea, England, was circumnavigating the globe in the two-masted sailboat he owns and captains when the sighting occurred.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2022
