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globe

[glohb] / gloʊb /


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"I'm hoping the promoters understand that not only will you get 100,000 people watching this bout live, you'll get millions watching it across the globe, where both boxers are cheered on by their loyal fans."

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

"Of course, we feel caught in the middle," he added, as he he watched a screen showing fluctuating gold prices across the globe.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The plan’s approval comes as Chinese automakers are eating into German car companies’ market share across the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

People around the globe are encouraged to spend time observing our nearest celestial neighbor while learning about lunar science, exploration, and the Moon's influence on cultures throughout history.

From Science Daily Sep. 3, 2026

The discovery of antipodes led straight to the concept of the terraqueous globe; but Copernicanism did not lead directly to the view that all planets shine by reflected light—the telescope had to intervene.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He would study maps and globes, picturing the people and animals who call the coldest reaches of the Earth home.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 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

“Golden globes 2024 start to end,” she captioned the post.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 10, 2024

He had fake snow and snow globes and stockings hung by the fireplace and lots of wrapped presents from Santa Claus.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

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

In the back of the room was a marble fireplace, big as a sepulchre, and a globed gasolier—dripping with prisms and strings of crystal beading—sparkled in the dim.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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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