Soon,people began to use the word hedging to describe steps that could be taken to protect against financial loss.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

The U.N.report was based,in part, on one hundred ten national reports on action taken to reduce or stop the loss of biodiversity.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Beth Polidoro says they may disappear within the next ten years unless action is taken to protect them.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

And,it said, more than twenty thousand people are taken to hospital emergency rooms for treatment of health problems linked to the gas.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

For example, the numbers of many wetland birds have recovered since measures were taken to protect more than twelve million hectares of wetlands.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

More than one thousand people staying at the hotel were taken to a nearby high school.

VOA: special.2010.05.17

Bill Clinton was taken to a New York hospital last Thursday and released the next day.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

Professional writers who plagiarize can be taken to civil court and ordered to pay damages.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

Then at night, the negro would be taken to another hiding place farther north.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

And then the body was taken to his home state of Ohio for burial.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

It includes the money that workers pay to be taken to another country.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

Then he grew better. He asked to be taken to the sea shore.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

The president was taken to an emergency hospital on the fairgrounds.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

They may be taken to landfills or burned.

VOA: special.2009.12.01