They finally withdrew after an hour of fierce fighting.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Major-General Khalid Rabbani said troops faced days of fierce battles with foreign fighters and,in the end, captured several large caches of weapons and supplies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

She has since become a fierce supporter of literary freedom and is part of several organizations that fight censorship.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Last week,we told how John Carter observed a fierce battle between the green Martians and a race of red, human-like creatures.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Soviet forces under Marshal Georgy Zhukov won a fierce battle for the city of Stalingrad -- now Volgograd.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

He would often stand on the deck of his ship, in the cold rain and fierce winds.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

She heard about the second fierce battle at Bull Run in the nearby state of Virginia.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

The theme for this year's Hispanic Heritage Month is "Embracing the Fierce Urgency of Now."

VOA: special.2009.09.18

The fighting was fierce. The air was full of flying bullets.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

They are called saber-toothed cats because of their long, fierce teeth.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Sometimes the fierce animal came out of one door.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Many of them were fierce fighters.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

As we approached the mountain, the hills and gulleys bore the appearance of having been created by some vast, fierce torrent rushing around the base of the peak, and tearing its way through the loose earth....

VOA: special.2010.04.26

This year,Beyonce goes head-to-head with Taylor Swift in the Album Of The Year category with I AmSasha Fierce.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

And changes are to be made on both sides." Throughout the summit, President Obama was warmly received by fellow leaders, including several fierce critics of the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

Malik also defended the efforts of Lahore's police, who recently came under fierce criticism after failing to kill or capture any of the attackers involved in the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30