Now to the wordplay. Commentators and bloggers often use the word "gate" when a politician is accused of trying to hide the truth.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

She says the festival's use of the word "maximum" describes India well.

VOA: special.2011.03.16

Millions of people all over the world use the word OK.

VOA: special.2010.02.28

An early American use of the word wildcat was quite different.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

But Jacob Shapiro at Princeton University says the use of the word "war" actually helps the terror groups.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

In addition to the controversy about the use of the word Allah, the judicial system has put new emphasis on enforcing Sharia law among Muslims.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

President Obama did not use the word "democracy" when speaking about Afghanistan on Friday, although he spoke of such democratic principles as elections and human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

President Saakashvili notes that Clinton's use of the word "occupation" is especially meaningful.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Roger Smith,a co-founder of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, says many Turks refuse to use the word 'genocide.' "I worked with some Turkish scholars and these are people who would be considered liberals and so on - but even they really kind of shy away from using the word 'genocide.' They will talk about massacres - you lay all of these things out and they say yeah,yeah,yeah, this happened,okay - well no,I don't want to use that word.

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