the (whole) world over
noun phrase
: everywhere in the world
His books have entertained readers the world over.
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And with them, gone too is the credibility of America’s claim to be a beacon of liberty the world over.
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
Ryan Busby, an ecologist at the US Army’s Corps of Engineers, tells Popular Science that these compounds exist in soil the world over, and that they’re spritzed into the air whenever soil is disturbed.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 12 June 2025
Some soccer-loving kid from a farming community in Norway—not Argentina or England or Spain or Brazil or some other more populous football power—is now inspiring the world over.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 31 July 2025
The 1940s to 1960s are considered a Golden Age, with Argentinian cartoonists—along with artists from Italy and elsewhere who lived and worked in Argentina—producing comics that are still read the world over.
—Alex Dueben
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 29 July 2025
Ryan Busby, an ecologist at the US Army’s Corps of Engineers, tells Popular Science that these compounds exist in soil the world over, and that they’re spritzed into the air whenever soil is disturbed.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 12 June 2025
Some soccer-loving kid from a farming community in Norway—not Argentina or England or Spain or Brazil or some other more populous football power—is now inspiring the world over.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 31 July 2025
The 1940s to 1960s are considered a Golden Age, with Argentinian cartoonists—along with artists from Italy and elsewhere who lived and worked in Argentina—producing comics that are still read the world over.
—Alex Dueben
july 21, Literary Hub, 21 July 2025
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“The (whole) world over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20%28whole%29%20world%20over. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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