the globe

noun

: the earth
satellites circling the globe
His fame has spread around the globe.

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Wembley’s propensity for drama, started by a grey horse called Billy at a time when the British Empire still ruled over 460 million people and a quarter of the globe, remained to the very end. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 Across the globe, familiar faces made their mark. Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025 Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando in a hotel room bed ran in the New York Post and quickly spread across the globe. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2025 Fans of the sport at 279 million strong around the globe didn’t come out. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the globe

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“The globe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20globe. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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