globe

Example Sentences

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Scientists can now follow the path of a single drop of water across the globe.

From Science Daily

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