the (whole) world over

noun phrase

: everywhere in the world
His books have entertained readers the world over.

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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle universe has only been growing since it was introduced to the world over 40 years ago. — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025 Before Napa made California wine famous the world over, Franciscan friars and a modest grape began a story that still shapes the state: the California missions. — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025 Instead, the world over will have to increase more reliable energy sources, particularly coal, natural gas and that other bugaboo of environmentalists, nuclear energy. — Peter Murphy, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025 Inside, its packed with all the luxury amenities that allowed it, over the last two decades, to unseat the traditional stretch limousine as the pick-up vehicle for celebs the world over. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 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 And with them, gone too is the credibility of America’s claim to be a beacon of liberty the world over. — 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 The country and its tourism authorities have come under pressure from fans and businesses around the world over Kigali’s backing of the M23 militia that has won significant territory from the DR Congo government in the months leading up to an April ceasefire. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 9 June 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 7 Jul. 2026.

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