At one Apple store in central London, staff chanted and cheered as they counted the seconds to the official launch.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

He hit two free throws in the final seconds to give Los Angeles an eighty-three to seventy-nine victory.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

The problem may last a few seconds, but it can get worse and worse with age, leading to a heart attack or stroke.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

After a few seconds, when the X-15 was safely away, the pilot started its rocket engine.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

With forty seconds left in the game the crowd stood and began shouting "One thousand!One thousand!"

VOA: special.2009.03.20

For example, the TMR patients completed elbow and wrist movements in an average of one-point-two-nine seconds.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

They count down the final seconds to midnight as they watch a brightly lit ball slide down a pole on top of a tall building.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Five hours after the explosion, flight controllers advised firing the rocket for thirty-five seconds.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Historians say thirty-two shots were fired in the space of about twenty-three seconds.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

These include hearing a roaring or sucking noise, seeing the ocean suddenly pull back or rise, or feeling a strong earthquake that lasts more than twenty seconds.

VOA: special.2011.06.07

But in the last few seconds a small boat entered the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

Thirty-six seconds after lift-off, lightning hit the huge Saturn Five rocket.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

After several short delays, the final seconds were counted off.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

He had only seconds to bring the airplane up.

VOA: special.2009.03.18