circumnavigation

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Each participant must complete four weeks of intense training before taking part in one or all eight stages of the circumnavigation.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

A retired navy officer, Mr Williams has spent his life traversing the ocean - including a recent single-handed circumnavigation of the globe - much of it with a feline companion by his side.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2023

Cook's circumnavigation of Australia, yielding 766 runs in a 3-1 victory down under in 2010-11 is one of the greatest modern achievements by any England player.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Harding was also on board the 2019 “One More Orbit” flight mission that set a record for the fastest circumnavigation of earth by aircraft over both geographic poles.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

Mrs. Platt’s circumnavigation of her supper table completed, she began to revolve around the parlor, the plates being lain on the mantelpiece or the gaming table.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson