When Americans say wildcat, they usually mean a lynx, an ocelot or a bobcat.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

"We have all seen that,first hand, when Americans responded to the tsunami or to Katrina, or the earthquake in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

When the two naval forces were five thousand meters apart, Admiral Dewey ordered the Americans to fire.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

About thirty percent of Americans buy policies to cover unexpected problems when they travel.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Many Americans think they look better when their skin is brown in color.

VOA: special.2010.07.06

Americans should get a better idea of where the economy is headed on Friday, when the Labor Department releases its closely-watched monthly jobs report.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

Americans succeed when government puts in place positive policies that encourage more freedom and more opportunity,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

"It is difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

On July 31 three young Americans, Shane Bauer,Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd were hiking in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq when they apparently strayed into Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

about the war in Iraq, Mr.Obama said there were no differences when it came to the need to support more than one million Americans who served in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Numerous studies indicate African-Americans and Hispanics receive a poorer quality of health care than non-Hispanic whites, even when they have the same levels of income and health insurance coverage.

VOA: standard.2010.03.05

This comes at a time when opinion polls show dropping support among Americans for the military effort in Afghanistan, where Afghan,American and NATO coalition forces together are fighting the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"It's times like that when you have such great pride in Americans, when you see somebody do something like that for a smaller sport, certainly a prominent sport, where they needed that funding.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

U.S.officials worry that, even if the virus' spread is eventually contained, it could re-emerge months from now during the northern hemisphere's winter flu season, when more than 30,000 Americans die each year from common influenza.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

Promise This-When You be Dying- Some shall summon Me- "And that way in which she says 'when you be dying', that's so classically the way African Americans structure their sentences, with that interesting use of 'be,'" "Maid as Muse" author Aife Murray says writing her book was a way for her to give credit where credit is due - to the unsung men and women whose language and culture enhanced the work of one of America's best-loved poets.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22