Crews then turned to placing a cap over the pipe -- not to stop it, but to direct at least some of the oil to ships on the surface.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The head of a string of pigs appeared, snout-up, over the ditch, and he had to screech to a stop and watch the rear of the last pig disappear shaking into the ditch on the other side.

这时候出现了一群猪，仰着鼻子走过水渠，他只好用一个急刹车,目送着最后一只猪大摇大摆地跨过水沟,消失在另一端。

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The Obama administration has dispatched some 500 additional federal agents to the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the violence from spilling over into the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

She says the first step is to determine if Madni was on a stop-over there and if so, other legal action will be set in motion.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

Some say the military should take over operations to stop the spill.

VOA: standard.2010.05.31

Speaking to the BBC, Madni recalls that stop-over in early 2002.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

Do you know that? We saw her on Monday,". "We asked her to stop it and she said she will think it over, but last night she stopped her hunger strike.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

They object to the cost of the proposal, which could go as high as $one-trillion over 10 years, and they want to stop what they see as an expanding role for government in administering health care.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31