A concussion happens when the brain is shaken, often in a car crash or a fall or a strike to the head in sports.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

For the first row nearest the fans, they generally suggested trees that lose their leaves in the fall or trees with waxy leaf surfaces.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

Rains have started to fall and are expected to pick up fully in the next two or three weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

"Three or four hours before I could fall asleep. I wake up three o'clock in the morning with the same stuff on my mind, tossing and turning.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

All three roommates are up for reelection in the fall, but Melissa Bean says even if one or more of them were to lose, that would not affect their friendship.

VOA: standard.2010.08.07

If you look at it long enough, it is a word that opens and spreads out, makes a circle of a far horizon, a word on which rain can fall and dimple or sweep across in lashing gusts and leave unperturbed, a word that is calm enough to look at, almost lulling, but also hints at holding unreckonable power."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04