The military said troops were moving in from the north and the south on the narrow area of coastline still held by the rebels.

VOA: special.2009.05.16

It ended a 38 year occupation of the narrow strip along the Mediterranean coast in 2005.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

The U.S.Navy and the navies of dozens of other countries are patrolling the narrow waterway to deter ship hijackings-for-ransom by pirate gangs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

"We were able to match up the narrow and wide rings exactly so that we can assign the exact calendar dates to the exact rings of every tree."

VOA: standard.2010.04.05

The narrow cobblestone alleyways of the Old City were packed with Israelis visiting for the week-long Passover holiday and Christian pilgrims who are here for Easter Holy Week.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

One hoodoo known as the Poodle looks like a poodle dog sitting on top of a long narrow rock.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

He says China is working to narrow the difference between its strength during the Olympic Summer and Winter Games.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

No one knows why. Roanoke is a low, narrow island between the mainland and the islands of the Outer Banks.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

There is no choice. He can be buried only in the lone prairie in a narrow grave six by three.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

The child hurried the cow through the dark forest, following a narrow path that led to her grandmother's home.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Harpers Ferry was built on a narrow finger of land where the Shenandoah River flowed into the Potomac.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

The road is narrow and the traffic is often slow as it travels through each of the small towns of the Keys.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

So,the wide and narrow ring widths of the chronology that we developed in Asia provide us with a measure of monsoon variability."

VOA: special.2010.05.25

Critics of the idea say the living areas in submarines are too small and narrow for men and women to serve together.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

She uses both hands to finger-tap on the flat narrow part of the guitar called the fretboard.

VOA: special.2011.01.28

It had a high,sharply angled ceiling and many windows lining the walls of its one long,narrow room.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

I lighted my lantern, and found that I was perched on a narrow ledge, almost at the end of my rope literally and figuratively.

VOA: special.2009.12.07