Sounds of heavy and light machine gun fire rattled Maiduguri as Nigeria's army pounded suspected hideouts of the Islamic rebels in a bid to flush out remnants of the militant Boko Haram sect.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

One description said it was like sitting in the driver's seat of a small car, while wearing two heavy raincoats.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

It seemed as if a heavy body was thrown against the table with a force that pushed against his chest.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

They are the amount a person drinks on average and heavy drinking at one time, called "binge drinking."

VOA: special.2009.09.08

The artist asked French engineer Gustave Eiffel to build a steel support to hold the heavy statue.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

L is for layers.Wearing loose, lightweight clothes, one layer on top of another, is better than wearing a single heavy layer of clothing.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

The agency is to design its own heavy lift rocket at a cost of three billion dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Then a long wooden stick is used to slowly push a heavy cover down on the bags.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Alternate bearing is when a tree produces a heavy crop one year, called an "on-crop,"

VOA: special.2009.11.10

An electric motor helps the operator pull a heavy load or go up a hill.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

Now,a study shows that low doses of the medicine given by mouth are equal to, or better than, a heavy dose administered into the blood.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

When he reached the top, Marines were tying the larger flag to a heavy pole.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

And it may sell its Hummer brand to a heavy equipment company in China.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

A heavy mortar roared, sending a shell high over the harbor at Charleston,South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.08.13