A teacher may use it when she walks into a room where the students are playing and talking, instead of studying.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

"It's a passion for the sport, it's like,you can be that rock god for a minute, without playing anything.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

In one boxcar, a short man with long, curly brown hair is playing a guitar and singing.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

Event organizers define "airness" as the ability of a performer to go beyond playing an imaginary guitar to create a new art form.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

To play "air guitar" you move to the music as if you are playing an imaginary guitar, maybe like a famous rock musician.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

He is not looking at the camera. He is playing a card game called faro.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

They first began playing as a band in two thousand six.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

I feel like I am playing a horn.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

They were playing a game of checkers.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

"A player who hasn't been playing for very long, I try to keep them next to the section player, or leader as we call it, that has been playing a while so they can always ask questions say, 'Hey,I don't know what that means.'" Matt is now in college, studying music education.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

It says unprecedented and globally coordinated fiscal and monetary stimulus is playing a major role in helping to restore private demand and lending.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

We write prescriptions." For years,nurse practitioners have been playing a larger role in the nation's health care, especially in regions with few doctors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

ERIC: Why you shooting down my game?Let a playa play. MIKE: Yeah, okay.What you playing at, T-Ball?

VOA: standard.other

Soldiers from Uganda and Burundi are currently playing a vital security role by defending the presidential palace, the main seaport and airport from al-Shabab attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17