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globe

[glohb] / gloʊb /


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As has been well documented by scientists, climate change is causing hotter and longer heatwaves across the globe.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Across the last 60 years or so, Kaye has toured the globe, worked with amazing musicians, and witnessed multiple incredible moments.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

The company's chief executive Francesco Milleri said sales of AI glasses expanded across the globe and consumer segments and were generating sustainable profits.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

The Brockmans are among the thousands across the globe who have watched Jackie and Shadow bond and raise chicks via webcams installed by the nonprofit, Anna Brockman said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

An immediate consequence, therefore, which is the subject of Chapter 4, was a radical transformation in the understanding of how the Earth is constructed: the emergence of the concept of the terraqueous globe.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“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

Gut-Behrami also leads the standings in Super-G and giant slalom, putting her on course to match Shiffrin’s impressive feat of claiming four crystal globes in 2019.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

The Bomb’s glass globes aren’t going to be enough.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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 Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph




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