circumnavigate
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Eguino and his circus mates circumnavigate the Globe.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
Most locals agreed and tolerated the truck traffic rerouting through Carbonne to circumnavigate the roadblock, according to the mayor, Denis Turrel.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2024
Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared while flying from New Guinea to Howland Island as part of her attempt to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the globe.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024
The GSC sees sailors travel from Spain in a bid to circumnavigate the globe south of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2023
The goal for this voyage was to circumnavigate the continent and map all the islands that were still uncharted.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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