These huge groups of stars, gas and dust can be many thousands of light years across.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

For many thousands of years, plant seeds landed in the sticky asphalt.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Many thousands of the enemy were marching into position.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

But we also get many,many thousands of tourists as well,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Many college graduates owe hundreds of thousands of dollars for their education costs.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

But thousands of civilians reportedly have been killed and many thousands more wounded.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Thousands of police officers in many cities began to wear the vests.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

Doug Szajda says that seemed like more than enough "At the time that IP version 4 was designed, the designers were anticipating perhaps thousands of users of the Internet someday, and certainly thinking that four billion addresses was many more than we would ever need."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

Hundreds of thousands of people, many of them clad in his yellow campaign color, were in attendance.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Still,many popular opposition sites, like Mir Hossein Mousavi's Facebook Web page, get thousands of visitors daily and put out up-to-the-minute bulletins of opposition activities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

He says particular care must be given to the thousands of children who were left behind, many of whom have become traumatized by the events.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

After Mr.Hu's speech, thousands of soldiers marched past many of them escorting military hardware.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Computer programmers already have created thousands of applications for the iPad that will allow customers to perform many other tasks previously done on regular laptops or on mobile phones.

VOA: standard.2010.04.03

But recent legal documents have uncovered a slew of new evidence incriminating military officials and politicians, and helping to clarify the fates of many of the country's thousands of missing persons.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Abbott says that the Living Library is trying to reach the thousands of Winter Olympics fans, many of whom have no idea about the people who are only a few blocks away.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Meanwhile,thousands of Iranian supporters of Mr.Moussavi expressed their anger at what many called "the lies and fraud of the regime of mullahs" on a popular Facebook website support group for the defeated candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14

She gave them a chance to choose," "This is why I am here, this why so many tens of thousands of people are here, because we want to show Saylan we appreciated her, we love her and despite all the work she has done she was treated as a guilty person by the state, and we do not approve of that."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20