A bag is useful in many ways.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

Software can be added to identify things that are not usually there, like a bag left on a bench.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

She did for a little while. Then she put her shoes back on and put her old stockings into her bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The woman asked to see it. When the dishonest tradesman opened the bag, out jumped a cat C not a pig.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

This expression makes the person left holding the bag responsible for an action, often a crime or misdeed.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

If you tell about something that was supposed to be a secret, we say you let the cat out of the bag.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

The crushed seeds are then put into a cloth bag and the bag is hung up.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

A company based in the United States called GrainPro makes another kind of airtight bag.

VOA: special.2011.02.01

Ransie Bilbro took a small bag from a pocket in his pants.

VOA: special.2009.11.14

The astronauts made the connector from a plastic bag, cardboard and tape.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Then cover the top of the pot with a see-through plastic bag.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

The toilet is a single-use bag made of environmentally friendly plastics.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

Store the unused part in the refrigerator in a plastic bag.

VOA: special.2009.04.28

Hold the bag in place with a rubber band.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

Each 23 kilogram bag of oysters he receives has a tag that marks the area it came from.

VOA: standard.2010.05.08

Mpyisi says the union is a mixed bag of failed states, countries struggling with democracy, and success stories.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

Passengers are being encouraged to check ahead with their airlines, to arrive an hour earlier than normal and to bring only a single carry-on bag with them.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27