circumnavigate
verb (used with object)
to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation.
were 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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In other words, we were circumnavigating within our greater circumnavigation.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2015
