The woman torn off her apron and tried to beat out the fire with the cloth.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Slave owners threatened to beat or hang any Negro who even looked rebellious.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Sylvie's heart began to beat fast.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

"Would they have loved to beat the Canadian team? I'm sure they would have, but it's all about being an Olympian.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Jazz Fest officials suggest arriving early to beat the long lines at the internationally-famous Food Fair, as well as the Crafts Fair and Louisiana Marketplace.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

They've been heading out extra early this week to beat the heat.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

And,if you say something to make me frightened or worried, my heart might stand still or skip a beat.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

That same year,three white men in Texas beat a black man, James Byrd Junior,and pulled him to his death behind a truck.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Shangaan street dancers move their feet as fast as lightning and shake their bodies to the music's beat.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

That same year, Clemente helped his team beat the New York Yankees to win the World Series - the national baseball championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Men and women sing to the beat of hand-made musical instruments including marimbas,rattles and drums.

VOA: special.2010.12.01

Here she adds a Latin beat to the song "Night and Day."

VOA: special.2010.05.14

They threatened,beat, and killed blacks to keep them out of politics.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

The rioters beat many policemen to death.

VOA: special.2009.10.29