global village

Example Sentences

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People realizing that we’re all part of a global village, that we can unite, and sport is a great way of doing that.”

From Los Angeles Times

If you’re not a boomer or a grad student, you may not have heard of him, but theorist Marshall McLuhan—the coiner of enduring aphorisms “the medium is the message” and “the global village”—warned us about today’s digital descent a long time ago.

From Slate

They come from Brazil, Burkina Faso, Uzbekistan, India and dozens of other countries, a moving global village of hundreds of thousands of people crossing the Rio Grande and slipping through gaps in the border wall at a pace of nearly 9,000 people a day, one of the highest rates of unlawful crossings in months.

From New York Times

We’re each assigned a spot in that global village, the homelands reflecting the international nature of the refugee crisis: Syria, Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Somalia all get competing, squabbling enclaves.

From Washington Post

Local businesses told the BBC there had been a Global Village festival earlier in October, showcasing Itaewon's cosmopolitan character.

From BBC