globe
Example Sentences
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This is the dismal tableau today in Venezuela’s Maracaibo Basin, which, for much of the last century, was one of the globe’s leading sources of petroleum.
From Los Angeles Times
Burnham is also trying to use the city's sporting cachet to attract the globe's biggest contests.
From BBC
A year later he won the World Cup crystal globe in the slalom as a prelude to his split with the Norwegian set-up.
From Barron's
The High North - a term used to describe the northernmost part of the globe - includes the Arctic circle and areas adjacent to it.
From BBC
Brewdog, which was founded by friends James Watt and Martin Dickie in 2007, has breweries and pubs around the globe, including about 60 in the the UK.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.