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to make one's way through, across, or over
it will take some effort to navigate that stretch of hills, but we can do it
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Recent Examples of navigated
In most large companies, that access is informal, undocumented, and navigated through relationships.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The night sky can be navigated and known, but only by those who don't waste any opportunity to look up.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Wrobleski navigated early command issues, issuing three walks in the first two innings before finding his rhythm to get through six frames without giving up a run.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Local 911 dispatchers and first responders navigated challenging terrain and weather conditions to reach him and ultimately save his life.
—Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Ethan Macmillan, a 20-year-old emergency dispatcher from Toronto won a $200,000 prize after successfully jumping between speeding semi-trucks having navigated a water tank with alligator gar.
—Peter White, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
On another possession, McDaniels navigated an initial screen from Jokic successfully to stay glued to Murray.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Moreover, these hyperactive behaviors became even more intense as the study progressed, showing a lasting shift in how the fish navigated their environment.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Vitello has never navigated the grind of a 162-game Major League schedule.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
The night sky can be navigated and known, but only by those who don't waste any opportunity to look up.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Wrobleski navigated early command issues, issuing three walks in the first two innings before finding his rhythm to get through six frames without giving up a run.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Local 911 dispatchers and first responders navigated challenging terrain and weather conditions to reach him and ultimately save his life.
—Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Ethan Macmillan, a 20-year-old emergency dispatcher from Toronto won a $200,000 prize after successfully jumping between speeding semi-trucks having navigated a water tank with alligator gar.
—Peter White, Deadline, 23 Apr. 2026
On another possession, McDaniels navigated an initial screen from Jokic successfully to stay glued to Murray.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Moreover, these hyperactive behaviors became even more intense as the study progressed, showing a lasting shift in how the fish navigated their environment.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
Vitello has never navigated the grind of a 162-game Major League schedule.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for navigated
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In terms of the modern era, though, Forest are rookies at this level, as this is their first season with continental football since Frank Clark — one of the club’s Miracle Men — steered them to the UEFA Cup quarter-finals in 1996.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Two of the Bumblebee drones were being steered to collide with the third, as part of the soldiers' initial training for the kind of drone-on-drone combat that's been taking place for months on the battlefield in Ukraine.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Chase Elliott was supposed to be the guy, but that ship sailed a long time ago.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Both the attorney general and state treasurer Republican candidates sailed through their GOP nominations unchallenged at the convention Saturday.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Once traversed by Genghis Khan, this is a focal point of Scythian-Turkic culture, whose arid slopes somehow sustain nomadic life that demands constant attentiveness to the environment.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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But hardly any ships have traversed the strait since the war began in late February.—
Justin Fishel,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Captain Han and First Officer Kim piloted a stricken jetliner through a series of turns and landed dead-center on a runway.—
James Glanz,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Fiber-optic drones are not piloted via, for example, GPS signals or radio control.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Wildlife here is so prolific that guests aren’t permitted to walk about; rather they’re ferried about by safari vehicle, passing honking hippos, giant basking Nile crocodiles and huge numbers of butterflies and birds.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Harry and Meghan then boarded a dinghy that ferried them to a sailing boat, where more Invictus Australia veterans were waiting.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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In the years that followed, Blackmon and other lawyers used the law to challenge at-large election systems that prevented Black communities from electing candidates of their choice.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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And their listeners had fun right along with them, and followed them from one station to another.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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The driver fled and crossed the Ford Parkway Bridge into Minneapolis before the deputy lost sight of the vehicle and ended the pursuit, according to the sheriff’s office.—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026
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Netflix’s big comedy bet might be the Dan Levy–Rachel Sennott co-creation Big Mistakes; the biting, farcical series about adult siblings who get caught up in the drug business plays like Weeds crossed with The Other Two.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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The left-hander allowed two hits, struck out two and walked three in six scoreless innings while improving to 2-1.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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Joined by four assistants with umbrellas and eyes on the train, Gaga and Maxwell walked by The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a wagon full of Champagne labeled Haus of Gaga behind them.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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“Navigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/navigated. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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