A teacher may use it when she walks into a room where the students are playing and talking, instead of studying.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

To play "air guitar" you move to the music as if you are playing an imaginary guitar, maybe like a famous rock musician.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

This year,Saints fans are especially excited to see their team playing in the Super Bowl.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Examples are playing basketball, swimming and distance running.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

So we are thinking perhaps those compounds are playing some sort of protective role against several cancers."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

Fans in southern Africa are in mourning over the death of Michael Jackson. Radio stations are playing his songs constantly along with tributes from listeners.

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

Soldiers from Uganda and Burundi are currently playing a vital security role by defending the presidential palace, the main seaport and airport from al-Shabab attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

So with the winter weather playing havoc, the airlines are having trouble re-scheduling travelers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"You may agree or not with Islamists trends, as long as they are against violence and are playing the political game, we have to talk to them."

VOA: standard.2010.05.11

Both mannequin victims and people playing survivors are part of the training.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"there are these foreign people that are coming in, playing our music.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

"And we think that this methodology can very much be used to capture the bunch of genes that are playing an important role in one's susceptibility to that disease."

VOA: standard.2010.07.14

The 20 musicians playing these instruments are members of Dharma Swara, a New York-based group that specializes in Balinese gamelan, the indigenous music of the Indonesian island just east of Java.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

"There are,of course,some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor's record,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.30