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orbited

verb

past tense of orbit

as in circled

to travel completely around the moon orbits the Earth

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Recent Examples of orbited The orientation of the hotspots of Betelgeuse also added support to the idea that the red supergiant star is orbited by an elusive companion star. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon while Michael Collins orbited overhead. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Kirby’s kidnapping case orbited Charlie’s murder case like a distant moon. — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026 The fact that celebrity landed upon him, plucking him from the obscurity of his mission to represent the burgeoning discourse on the disease, says more about the world that orbited him than his actions on the island or his own political nous. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 The satellite has orbited Earth about once every hour and a half for more than two decades, and over time, friction with particles in the upper atmosphere has caused its orbit to decay. — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026 Not by measure alone, but presence — a dynamic force that others orbited. — Dan Robson, New York Times, 29 May 2026 Tito orbited Earth 128 times and even did some science experiments. — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026 If the space station is de-orbited in 2030, as currently planned and agreed upon by all partners, the last significant down-mass availability will be three years from now. — ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026

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Military helicopter circled overhead, searching for survivors, assessing the disaster and mapping out possible rescue and evacuation routes.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Military helicopters circled overhead, searching for survivors, assessing the disaster and mapping out possible rescue and evacuation routes.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

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The film itself was an odyssey of a shoot, as the cast traversed multiple countries and territories—Scotland, Italy, the Western Sahara, Greece—in all types of weather.

— Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Inside the operation, workers traversed a warehouse-sized maze of shelves, walking as much as 14 to 20 miles a day to fulfill orders.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2026

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