In the past few months, the cost of wheat and sugar has more than doubled they say, and cooking gas, in constant short supply, can cost three times as much as it did a few months ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

And,they live in a constant threat of eviction from whatever roofs they had, even if it is a squatter camp,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

Redmond says indigenous people throughout the region are under constant pressure from illegal armed groups, many involved in the drug trade.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

But children in developing nations lived under the constant risk of infection until more recently, when an international service club took aim at eliminating the disease.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Many say cutbacks in services are inevitable, and there is constant debate about how to balance health services with rising costs, rising demand and less revenue.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

While terrorism is a constant threat, local and federal emergency responders in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

The Sechenov Morgue, a Czarist-era red brick building located across the street from a Moscow city hospital, saw constant comings and goings of family groups dressed in black.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Engineers have found that wetlands, grassy fields and soil or sand filters can take in stormwater with different levels of pollution and release water with a relatively constant cleanliness.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

"I think the larger issue is the psychological torment; animals isolated, kept away from others who can give them companionship, fearing what's going to happen next, and animals living in this constant state of confinement."

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

Polls show public support for Mr.Obama's push for health-care reform has weakened in recent weeks, and the constant drumbeat of criticism at the town hall meetings has fed the perception that the political momentum for reform has slowed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12