When he was sick, his grandmother dressed him in white clothes she thought would help him avoid death.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Information in a biological passport can help catch athletes who use banned drugs but find ways to avoid testing positive for them.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

But people in Iraq, Egypt and Jordan who feel they have been victims before may avoid such situations.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Still,NACE found no big increase in graduates who plan to stay in school and avoid the job market.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

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

VOA: special.2010.03.10

The Mayo Clinic tells patients to avoid strong smells that have seemingly started migraines in the past.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

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

Ms. Streeter wants to help these girls to be successful in school and avoid early pregnancy.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Thaksin Shinawatra went into exile in Cambodia to avoid a prison sentence for corruption.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

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

People may not be able to avoid living in areas where it snows often.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

Right now,officials in Los Angeles are warning drivers to avoid "Carmageddon."

VOA: special.2011.07.16

In language houses, students try to avoid speaking their native language.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

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

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

They pledged more resources to the IMF to help countries in distress and promised to avoid restrictions on trade.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24