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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "umschiffen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "umgehen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to circumvent or bypass",
"word": "megkerül"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to sail around the world",
"word": "purjehtia maailman ympäri"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to sail around the world",
"word": "die Welt umsegeln"
}
],
"word": "circumnavigate"
}
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