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Old 03-October-2008, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by schlaugh View Post
NYTimes treatment of the story.
Searchers for Aviator Spot Wreckage in Mountains

I'm not greatly familiar with all American usages, but does this sound odd to U.S. ears?
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Mr. Fossett… was the first person to circumvent the world in a hot-air balloon
Perhaps the NY Times meant "circumnavigate." The nearest definition of circumvent is "to encircle an enemy in order to defeat" but it doesn't seem to mean "encircle the world." It is usually used to mean variations of "thwart."
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