circumambulate

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Recent Examples of circumambulate Visitors circumambulate the gallery, opening gray stall doors and finding sculptures inside. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 12 July 2024 Trying to stay upright while circumambulating these tilted, towering forms induced vertigo. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024 The stupas’ projecting platforms and pillars were decorated with narrative scenes so devotees circumambulating the stupas (always in a clockwise direction) could familiarize themselves with stories that illustrate Buddhist precepts. Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023 An aerial view of Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Grand Mosque in September 2017. Eva Dou, WSJ, 31 July 2018 Hajj pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Aug. 22, 2017. Laignee Barron, Time, 7 Mar. 2018 The minimum of wall text is an invitation to circumambulate. A.j. Goldmann, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circumambulate
Verb
  • Weekends can get crowded, but weekdays are quieter, meaning the short, steep hikes to various overlooks—including Old Baldy (the park's most notable hill) will be less traversed.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Hundreds, if not thousands, of insect species most likely migrate, including dragonflies that cross the Indian Ocean, moths that traverse Australia and plant hoppers that windsurf through East Asia.
    Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The only way to cross it and not be seen was to first hike a couple of hundred yards toward the lake so that the very pine lot the tom was in would block his view.
    Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
  • In 2023, there were some days when more than 10,000 people crossed.
    Jason Allen, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Hunter, who’s called upon to bring a dynamic physicality to Solange, perambulating with the assistance of a considerably loud walker, is agonizing and entertaining as a controlling Southern Belle whose microaggressions (and incontinence) eventually pushes her daughter-in-law to the edge.
    Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The franchise has moved continually west, perambulating from Rochester to Cincinnati to Kansas City (and, briefly, Omaha, as well), and finally, in 1985, to Sacramento, where its parched fans are enjoying their first playoff run since 2006.
    Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023

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“Circumambulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circumambulate. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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