Many in the opposition party are refraining from criticizing the president's nominee, largely to avoid offending Hispanics, one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing ethnic groups.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

And the animals usually avoid their own waste, so that reduces the amount of good grazing space even more.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

However,the Office of Dietary Supplements of the National Institutes of Health notes that pregnant women may want to avoid it.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

It could help as many as three to four million owners change the terms of their mortgages to avoid foreclosure.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

The University of Virginia professor even thought that this warming was so great that it helped the earth avoid another ice age.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

And the Global Fund is open in its work to avoid corruption or the appearance of corruption.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

Lots of people pay off their credit cards in full each month to avoid finance charges.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Then,in eighteen fifty, Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky offered a compromise to avoid secession, and a likely war between the North and the South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Now,the question is how and when to withdraw that support without harming a recovery, and how to avoid a repeat of the financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

People should know the causes of their asthma symptoms and try to avoid these triggers.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

The next year, American Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called for the two countries to "explore further ways to build mutual confidence and avoid misunderstandings."

VOA: special.2010.09.25

A candidate needs more than fifty percent of the vote to avoid a run-off election.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

But last year, increasing gas prices and decreasing sales forced the company to seek billions of dollars in government aid in an attempt to avoid failure.

VOA: special.2009.10.09