Once the solid glass object cools, an artist uses special tools to carve an opening in the container.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

Arches are formations that look like half a circle above an opening or hole in a rock.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Miss Jordan was the first black woman to give an opening speech at the Democratic Convention.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

This week, President Obama announced his choice for an opening on the Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

The smallest of these is an opening of less than one meter;

VOA: special.2009.04.15

He also saw it as an opening for a military victory.

VOA: special.2009.11.05

I sat up. I could see light from an opening.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

And every night, late at night, I turned the lock of his door and opened it C oh,so gently! And then, when I had made an opening big enough for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed that no light shone out, and then I stuck in my head.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

But it does provide an opening. The estimated 1.5 million Americans with family in Cuba will now be freer to visit and send financial help to their relatives.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

U.S.officials are concerned such a prolonged political process will create an opening for al-Qaida to try to foment ethnic strife, just as tens of thousands of U.S.troops are scheduled to be leaving Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

American lives are on the line." Opposition Republicans see an opening in the administration's flawed handling of the failed attack, and appear eager to highlight the incident as a potential campaign issue for the November midterm congressional elections.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

That title became official at a recent ceremony in New York for the opening of an exhibition called "Welcome to Gulu."

VOA: special.2009.06.01

And it was an amazing,amazing shock and eye-opening experience.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

This year, the city of New York will also celebrate the opening of part of an important symbol of America that has been closed to the public for the past eight years.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

China celebrated the opening of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai with an evening of fireworks and fanfare.

VOA: standard.2010.05.02

Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who in opening the summit said nations are walking an economic "tightrope."

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

This followed an attack on Togo's national team two weeks ago as it traveled to its opening game in the African Cup of Nations in Angola.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22