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[glohb] / gloʊb /


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A stressed carrier force is a sign that the U.S. doesn’t have sufficient naval assets to cover U.S. interests around the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 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

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Niño, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Within days, the story was headline news around the globe.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

“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

Available in a variety of forms, from audacious “dinner plate”-size blooms to petite globes of tightly packed petals and everything in between, it’s no wonder dahlias are popular with flower farmers and home gardeners alike.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2024

It was not Tom; it was only a running shape with a face like silver shining in the light of the globes clustered about the plaza.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

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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