Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Or it could have been used to hold the shape of the shoe while it was not being worn.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

Some economists say this second round of what is known as quantitative easing, or "QE2," has not been effective.

VOA: special.2011.04.29

The Red Cross has been unable to bring in food or remove the wounded and sick from the area of fighting.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

Or the writer could show how the subject may be understood better or in a different way than it has been.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

After three and a half years of fighting, hundreds of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers had been killed or wounded.

VOA: special.2009.12.03

A textile is a piece of cloth that has been formed by weaving, knitting,pressing or knotting together individual pieces of fiber.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

The organization had been established in eighteen sixty-three to offer better treatment for people wounded or captured during wars.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

A person who is ripped off has had something stolen, or at least has been treated very unfairly.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

At that point, they had not been American League or World Series winners since the early nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

But Professor Rottenberg says those who felt shame or embarrassment while crying were less likely to report that crying had been helpful.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Or the British could have been killed by Spanish troops who came up from what is now Florida.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

Many of the monuments declared by presidents have been named national parks or given other titles by Congress.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

A stencil is a thin sheet of metal or plastic out of which a design has been cut.

VOA: special.2009.09.02