world

Example Sentences

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The world's top players are competing in Italy after the elite North American league agreed to a mid-season shutdown and issues of ice quality and rink size were resolved.

From Barron's

Despite winning silver at last year's world championships, an Olympic medal had felt a distant dream for the skater from Almaty.

From Barron's

While Europe and the U.S. don’t always see eye to eye, she added, both are democracies in a world where human rights constantly come under fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Weston, who won Team GB's first medal at the Games, showed why he is the best skeleton racer in the world with a sublime 58.59secs run to clinch a second medal.

From BBC

In his role as a UK trade envoy - which ran from 2001 to 2011 - the then-Duke of York travelled globally and enjoyed privileged access to senior government and business contacts around the world.

From BBC