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The Biden-Xi meeting is perhaps the most consequential encounter of a six-day foreign trip that will circumnavigate the globe, and it comes at the fulcrum of Biden’s presidency.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2022

The event will start at the University of Washington and will circumnavigate trails and roads around Lake Union, the southern third of Lake Washington, and for the 100-mile ride, also Lake Sammamish.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022

It will circumnavigate the earth every 90 minutes, but will not do so "forever."

From Time Magazine Archive

But I'll wager anything you like, that in his company you will circumnavigate the globe without having done any work harder than spending money.

From Under the Great Bear by Munroe, Kirk

Thus voyaging, you will circumnavigate the island, returning to Na-Wiliwili, and thence in a night to Honolulu.

From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles