Upshur was standing near one of the cannons during the firing.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

My hair was standing up in all the wrong places.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

Sola was standing nearby.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

She was the only woman standing nearby as Martin Luther King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

Standing in the way of the Republicans was Andrew Johnson, a Democrat.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

The only house left standing was the one made of bricks.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

Voter turnout was 77 percent with many voters standing in line for hours in cool weather to cast their ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

And I think more than that, you may not remember, there was an absolute, unqualified and spontaneous standing ovation for what Mr.Mandela said.

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Her public standing was further bolstered in September, when rapper Kanye West upstaged her during an acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

So that we don't have two Marines essentially standing over his wife while he was off.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

President Assad noted that dialogue was the best means to end long-standing disputes with Tehran, arguing that any attempt to contain a country ends by strengthening it.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18