Many walls broke, allowing billions of liters of water from the Gulf of Mexico and two nearby lakes to flood the city.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

To support more clean energy production, the Obama administration has been seeking billions of dollars in government loan guarantees to build new centers.

VOA: special.2011.03.18

The company is mostly owned by the United States government which has invested billions of dollars.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

Those countries include Afghanistan and Iraq, two nations that receive billions of dollars in international aid.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

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

Some will be required to raise billions of dollars of additional capital.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

After that,Congress provided billions of dollars in defense spending for Alaska.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

Bees add billions of dollars in value to many crops worldwide.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Career colleges receive billions of dollars from taxpayers through student loans.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

In the United States, billions of chickens are produced yearly.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

The president said Fiat will contribute billions of dollars in advanced technology as well as a global sales network.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

Billions of dollars in aid have poured into Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 ousted the Taliban from power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Those payments were being made as the floundering company received billions of dollars in government aid to avoid bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

And the long-awaited Airbus A400M, a military cargo plane, is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

The World Cup is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs and inject billions of dollars into the economy.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

Prime Minister Singh called President Obama a "role model for billions and billions of people" around the world.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

Although the legality of office betting pools varies from state to state, experts estimate that billions of dollars are wagered on the tournament.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25