It was so dry that horses and cows started to dry up and blow away in the wind.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

One effect of the attempt to blow up flight 253 is increased security at international airports in Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

The court's decision came as a blow to the more than 5,000 families who say that the mercury in thimerosal caused their children's autism.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

Tony Blair's already tarnished reputation has taken another blow with former prime minister John Major now questioning his successor's motive for joining in the invasion of Iraq.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

The arrests in Swat are the latest blow for the Taliban insurgents in Pakistan whose chief commander Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a suspected U.S missile attack on his hide out in the South Waziristan region near the Afghan border.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

So the whole security operation revolved around this point to eliminate this terrorist before he could blow his jacket and the security forces were very successful in eliminating this terrorist before he could blow up his jacket."

VOA: standard.2009.10.11