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globe

[glohb] / gloʊb /


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Dudamel’s fame, moreover, alerted the classical music world around the globe to the rich talent El Sistema has produced.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Every continent on the globe is burning less—some much less—than usual.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The World Bank estimated in 2023 there were up to 435 million online gig workers around the globe who had largely fallen outside regular labour protections.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Here’s a breakdown of what it’s like around the globe:

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Riemann merged projective geometry with the complex numbers, and all of a sudden lines became circles, circles became lines, and zero and infinity became the poles on a globe full of numbers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

“Do you want a facility that makes snow globes or one that makes semiconductors?” asked White.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

And it came with added significance as she became the first man or woman in the history of the alpine skiing World Cup to win more than eight globes in a single event.

From Barron's Jan. 25, 2026

At one of the stalls selling snow globes are locals Nemer and Leila Awad, who say the markets remind them of Europe.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2025

“I’m fully committed to snow globes right now. No joke,” he said.

From Seattle Times Sep. 21, 2023

Glass globes of coffee simmered above blue flames.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Art Deco touches inform outdoor marquees, globed chandeliers, and vintage Audubon wallpaper is glinting with pink birds.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2024

The Peter Kiewit Foundation no longer is funding the maintenance of Abbott Drive, which includes the so-called String of Pearls - globed lights that line a stretch of the thoroughfare.

From Washington Times Jan. 10, 2019

Donors have long paid for the so-called String of Pearls entrance, which features globed lights that line a stretch of Abbott Drive.

From Washington Times Dec. 10, 2018

A branch bounces, and out pops a Titi monkey with black, globed eyes and a pewter-colored beard.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soft, salty bread and white cheese, slices of spiced meat, and quarters of some big, globed fruit that tasted of sugared rain.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

I seemed conscious only of a shaft of light, as it were, traversing the darkness and globing itself in a steady disc of radiance on a lonely door.

From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes




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