The Justice Department says domestic violence can be defined as a pattern of abusive behavior used by one partner in any relationship to control another partner.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

"There is a pattern of widespread and systematic violations that the prevailing impunity allows for the continuation of those violations,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Many analysts view the seemingly mixed messages as part of a negotiating pattern by the North.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Geithner says the typical pattern of an economic turnaround dictates that only when businesses start to hire again will there be a peak in unemployment.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Despite recent wet weather across much of the continent, climatologists warn that a looming El Nino pattern could bring drier conditions to Australia in the coming months.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

So we object to this and we object to other Israeli practices in Jerusalem related to housing, including the continuing pattern of evictions and demolitions of Palestinian homes,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.17