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orbs

noun

plural of orb

as in balls

a more or less round body or mass out of the countless celestial orbs twirling in space, the planet Earth remains the only one we can call home, so perhaps we should take care of it

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Recent Examples of orbs Considering that her designs—from the quirky and unmistakable totem collars to magic floating orbs and funky-fine rings—look like nothing else and immediately spark joy, Ashley Moubayed is keeping disco very much alive. — Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026 Onigiri Time is a tiny street cart in Pasadena that sells giant orbs of onigiri. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Cellphone footage shows two glowing red orbs floating across the sky. — Collin Binkley, Fortune, 15 June 2026 According to the documents, the objects appeared above a ridgeline and, in some instances, seemed to generate additional smaller orbs. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 Several of the documents detail encounters reported by federal law enforcement officers in 2023, in which five agents reported seeing strange orbs on the horizon. — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 12 June 2026 The space itself is decked out with giant round light fixtures and orbs that are nearly effervescent, a fitting reflection of the bar's Champagne-forward drinks program. — Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026 On the other hand, LiPfe orbs don’t reproduce, and reproduction is one of the fundamental characteristics of life. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026 Such stars are the key quarry that JWST was designed for—stellar orbs composed of the pristine, primordial hydrogen and helium gas that was summoned into being by the big bang. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 13 May 2026

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Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, resembling netting, swirls or worms, but most often dots, dancing proudly on her canvases or as sparkling balls or dots of light in her installations in all their vibrant, psychedelic glory.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Sure, both signal callers struggled with bad reads, yet a few dropped balls and mental mistakes yielded a total of just 37 offensive plays.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

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Seeing the world through old maps The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
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

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Noun

In 1966, during the 33rd Venice Biennale, Kusama staged Narcissus Garden without an official invitation, installing 1,500 reflective silver spheres on a lawn outside the exhibition grounds.

— Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
This separating of spheres feels particularly crucial given the embarrassment surrounding NFTs that still lingers among many art professionals.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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