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globes

noun

plural of globe

as in balls

a more or less round body or mass the glassblower shaped the molten mass into a globe of remarkable thinness and clarity

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the celestial body on which we live New Year's celebrations around the globe

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Recent Examples of globes In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 The Ebern Designs Rhenn flush mount comes with three milky glass globes that give you plenty of light without blinding you. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026 Luke Evans paid tribute to Tom of Finland with his all-leather Palomo Spain look with jacket, trousers and globes in burgundy. — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 There is Fedora, a city that preserves in glass globes models of the city that might have been, making enduring art of futures that were possible once but are possible no longer. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026 In a garden designed by Denler Hobart Gardens, beautiful boxwood cones and globes are paired to enhance a stone patio's charm. — Lauren Dunec Hoang, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2026 Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026 Instead of speakers, the Project G had sound globes. — Allison Marsh, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2026

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Noun

The ticket matched four of the white balls and the gold Mega Ball in the drawing on Friday, July 24, to score $10,000, according to the Idaho Lottery.

— Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026
As an attacking midfielder and point guard of the attack, Bethune consistently serves excellent balls to her teammates, especially Chawinga.

— PJ Green July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

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Noun

During that time, daylight will fade, temperatures may fall, bright planets and stars will appear, and the corona will stretch around the black silhouette of the moon.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
With two eclipses and a parade of planets changing signs, the cosmos is bringing more than enough intrigue to keep the drama alive and breathing.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of planets

Noun

LipLift is powered by the brand’s proprietary Hyaluron Peptide-6 BioFill, a topical volumizing technology formulated with six advanced biomimetic peptides, hyaluronic acid oil, poly-hyaluronic acid filling spheres and bioidentical skin lipids.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026
Today, various combinations are packed into cardboard spheres or cylinders—shells—along with fuses coated in a flammable slurry, then sealed inside kraft paper and shot from fibreglass mortars.

— Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of spheres

Noun

These findings suggest further research of these moons might give researchers an unprecedented look at the innards of icy worlds.

— Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
If tablet and laptop are to draw closer, balancing the two approaches in a single app could be the worst of both worlds.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of worlds

Noun

And the movie’s also a super-teaming of the whole Spider-Man concept, clashing infinite earths of Spider-People together into a banter-y arachnoid squad.

— Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026
China imposed export restrictions on 10 US companies, including two rare-earths firms backed by Washington, marking the latest escalation in recent Sino-American trade tensions.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 June 2026

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