orbited

Example Sentences

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Yet it was still an undoubted factor considering the team had orbited around Isak, who scored 27 goals in the previous season.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Back in 1968, Apollo 8 orbited the Moon 10 times without landing.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Among the many faulty narratives that orbited out of the government, one asked us to consider the mental anguish suffered by these dispatched officers.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

He added that as the galaxies orbited one another and moved toward the superheated gas cloud surrounding the Virgo cluster, which reaches temperatures about 200 times hotter than the Sun's surface, they experienced "ram pressure."

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2025

He had a more candid relationship with my classmate Hillar Kaplan, an artist in Los Angeles and one of the group of girls in high school who orbited around him.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove