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as in to traverse
to travel completely around
the first ship to circumnavigate the globe
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as in to bypass
to avoid by going around
we can circumnavigate the traffic jam if we take the next exit
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Recent Examples of circumnavigate
Gary Lowe, 66, and his wife, Pam, 69, have long been adventurous travelers, but two years ago the couple challenged themselves to the ultimate trip: circumnavigating the globe—solo.
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024
This dark comedy circumnavigates a series of misunderstandings and coincidences involving a group of clueless characters.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
This Viking itinerary makes two stops in Canada and two stops in Greenland before circumnavigating Iceland, beginning with the remote Westfjords and ending in Reykjavik.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
China’s strategic bombers have also circumnavigated the island multiple times in recent months, while other Chinese aircraft have crossed the Miyako Strait between Taiwan and Japan.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2020
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Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2024
This dark comedy circumnavigates a series of misunderstandings and coincidences involving a group of clueless characters.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
This Viking itinerary makes two stops in Canada and two stops in Greenland before circumnavigating Iceland, beginning with the remote Westfjords and ending in Reykjavik.
—Meena Thiruvengadam, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2024
China’s strategic bombers have also circumnavigated the island multiple times in recent months, while other Chinese aircraft have crossed the Miyako Strait between Taiwan and Japan.
—Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2020
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Over the last year and a half, more than 700,000 people have traversed this unforgiving slice of jungle that divides Colombia from Panama.Tirana Hassan, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Harris on Monday traversed Pennsylvania, which carries the prize of 19 electoral votes and is considered the most critical battleground state to win.Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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The initiative amends the state penal code to allow prosecutors to bypass the $950 threshold that separates petty theft, a misdemeanor, from grand theft, a felony.Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Read more Coronavirus Walking Pneumonia: Voters Warned To Take Precautions At Polls These proteins are also used as targets by immune systems and vaccinations, so changes in their structure can allow the virus to bypass the body's defenses more easily.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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If the surface had holes, these curves circled around the holes forever, never taking an exit.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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With the busing, migrants are circled around inside Mexican territory in a merry-go-round strategy that forces them to repeatedly pay off immigration agents, kidnappers and smugglers.Emily Green, ProPublica, 1 Nov. 2024
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It's since gotten harder to circumvent, but there are still ways to get around the ban.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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And while these models have stronger guardrails built in to prevent misuse, many people have found ways to ‘jailbreak’ them, effectively circumventing these guardrails.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Operational since 2021, Tiangong orbits Earth at altitudes of up to 280 miles, serving as a research outpost for Chinese and international scientific experiments related to various research fields.Newsweek, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Phobos is roughly 157 times smaller in diameter than Earth’s Moon, according to NASA, and orbits the Mars nearly at its equator.James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Scott crashed into another vehicle while attempting to avoid the shots.Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The MacBook and Mac mini have traditionally avoided the iPhone's rainbow of color options, usually sticking to sedate bare metal and gray or silver finishes.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Sprawling cities in the South and Southwest emerged seemingly overnight, while new suburbs encircled older metropolises in the North.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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As further evidence of its oddity, Triton encircles its parent in the opposite direction compared with the other moons.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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On the morning of January 15, Kwon was crossing Amsterdam Avenue at West 96th Street, a block from our apartment building, when a driver in the center lane slammed into her with his Mercedes.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
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Another member of the household who just happens to be passing by in one of the residence’s many hallways is Nadja, whose attraction to randy Englishmen seems to cross generational boundaries as well.Katie Rife, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Circumnavigate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumnavigate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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