The American-operated ship carried thousands of tons of agricultural materials for the World Food Program and other aid organizations.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

But in time, huge machines were built that could wash many tons of dirt at a time.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

The United States and Russia signed an agreement to dispose of sixty-eight tons of weapons-grade plutonium.

VOA: special.2010.04.17

The solar-powered irrigation systems produced an average of nearly two metric tons of vegetables per month.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

Boeing and Lockheed Martin have carried tons of satellites into space on their rockets.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

They were equipped with one hundred big guns and tons of supplies.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

And that year they produced three hundred fifty million tons of coal.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Each year,container ships carry thousands of tons of goods to Baltimore.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

Huge equipment moved millions of tons of rock and sand.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

And that sort of geared me up for a whole series of novels where I do tons of research, even though I write fiction, which is supposed to be made up,right?"

VOA: special.2009.10.12

They threw tons of tea into the water.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

"Japan every year throws away about 20 million tons of food, worldwide food aid is only about 8.5 million tons.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

Emergency coordinator Javier Escobedo says the organization plans to distribute 500 metric tons of bean seeds to farmers in the area.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

Of the 400,000 tons of cotton it produced last year, far less than one percent actually stayed in the country.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08