For example, you can add sand to prevent tiny breaks or lines from forming in the finished product.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Another proposal would add two years to the full retirement age for Social Security -- raising it to sixty-nine by about twenty seventy-five.

VOA: special.2010.11.19

There was no money for rebuilding. To add to all these problems, radical Republicans in Washington were demanding severe punishment for the South.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Democrats in Congress say spending for the new bill will not add to the federal budget deficit.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

Add two handfuls of soil for every half square meter of bedding material and mix well.

VOA: special.2011.07.05

And sometimes they add letters. For instance, they might call the nearby Patapsco River the "Patapsico."

VOA: special.2011.03.07

It can be used,for example, to add flavor to soups.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

With the U.S.unemployment rate at 9.7 percent, the president said he hopes Congress will soon approve incentives for small businesses to add workers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

But they add it would be unfortunate if Cuba came to dominate discussions at a time of economic peril for the entire hemisphere.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Producers hoped this year's host, actor Neil Patrick Harris, would add some zest to the program, and several Emmy recipients had warm praise for his performance.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

But the torrential rains have not stopped. They are expected to continue for several more weeks, enough time to add to the already extensive damage that has occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

They add the political climate is still risky and anything could happen, but for the moment there is no alternative to the agreement and the power-sharing government it created.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Republicans assert that an expanded government rolewould threaten the current private system, separate from the federally administered Medicare system for the elderly, and add to the government budget deficit.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

"We'll address directly the notion, I think,that many have wondered, which is the juxtaposition of the timing for the Nobel Peace Prize and his commitment to add more troops into Afghanistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.10