How to Use the (whole) world over in a Sentence

the (whole) world over

noun phrase
  • Thank you for all the kindness and support from all over the world over the last 24 hours.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The glacier has been linked to about 4% of the increase already recorded in oceans around the world over the past 40 years.
    Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 24 May 2024
  • Here are 12 images of the northern lights, as seen from around the world over the weekend.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
  • Go where you’re wanted and leave them wanting the world over.
    Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
  • The very mention of her name elicits oohs and aahs from women the world over.
    Town & Country, 28 June 2023
  • And the world’s response is hate crimes on innocent Jews the world over.
    Iliza Shlesinger, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Sakara’s slightly older twin will see more of the world over the next couple of years.
    David Dickstein, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But the wildly popular dancer was not beloved the world over.
    Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
  • Then, Sudeikis asked the question Swifties the world over have been wondering aloud.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 2 June 2024
  • More than 100 billion would be sold around the world over the proceeding decades.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2021
  • His work is admired by audiences and film lovers the world over.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Economies the world over have had a rough few years coping with interest rates.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 19 May 2024
  • Prime Video said Wednesday that the new movie was its top film around the world over its debut weekend.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Here are some of the key events that affected women in different parts of the world over the past year.
    Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • That narrative has taken hold among those who oppose the Gaza war the world over.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But people the world over will always want to visit this slice of paradise.
    Michele Bigley, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • The tower’s floor space is a lot larger than the needle-thin towers that puncture cityscapes the world over.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • This is the type of material used on the pieces of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft found around the world over the last couple of years.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 29 June 2024
  • Chelsea Clinton, known the world over for her love of Kanye West, has deleted the artist's music from her workout playlist.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Shortages have meant that many people the world over are dying in needless pain.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 5 June 2024
  • To, like Leung a legend of Hong Kong cinema, is famed the world over for his action and crime films.
    Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Aug. 2024
  • This is the saint known the world over, the radically humble caretaker of the poor, come to us in the unlikely guise of a rock star.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2020
  • New riders the world over have flocked to the Ninja, and junior Supersport race grids have been splashed with green for four years now.
    Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
  • People the world over — strangers, students, friends — find Paul appearing in their dreams.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The answer is a favorite option of makeup artists and aficionados the world over.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
  • After all, the prime minister has traveled the world over the last four months without having to talk about the conflict.
    Sushant Singh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2023
  • At least 40 national elections will take place around the world over the next year, with some two billion people going to the polls.
    Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Then why, since his death last Thursday at age 88, has he been celebrated the world over as one of the true legends to grace the modern screen?
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2024
  • However, NordVPN also has a diverse mix of servers the world over.
    PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over.
    Mehdi Fattahi, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024

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