This is meant to protect against possible losses should anything unexpected crush those green shoots in the world's largest economy.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

Freedom was threatened in early modern times by the emergence of monarchies that might have been able to crush it.

自由权利在近现代初期曾因为,君主制的兴起,而处于被毁灭的边缘

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The first step in pressing the oil from seeds is to crush the seeds between two stones.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

Spain sent a large force to Cuba to crush the revolt.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

This permitted him to crush his competition.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

So this is great, and then I get to guest on Corky's album, and sing I've Got a Crush on You,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"What will happen to your family's health care? This government run-plan could crush all your other choices.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

During the military's final offensive to crush the rebels, UNICEF said hundreds of children had been killed in the months of battle in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

President Umaru Yar'Adua had ordered troops to crush the movement "once for all."

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

The two young women died in hospital from injuries suffered when they got caught up in the crush of people trying to enter a stadium hours before the pope held a youth rally.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

He said many people are considering whether the party should stick to its 40-year history of promoting democracy in Pakistan, or remain with the current leadership that uses the police and state machinery to crush dissent.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13