It is a way for people to establish their identities in often unfriendly areas as they struggle to hold their communities together.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

That is what you use to hit nails into the pieces of wood to hold them together.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Severe breaks may require an operation to hold the bone together with metal plates and screws.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

But they had fear that even a new president could not hold the nation together.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

You cannot hold a party like the Progressive Party together.

VOA: special.2010.09.16

Mr.Obama and Mr.Hatoyama plan to hold a press conference together when he arrives Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

four-man bobsled driver. "I'm just elated." "And I can't tell you how proud I am of Holcomb and the gang and for Steve to pull it together and hold it together in just his second Olympic Games.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

, I came to the mujahadeen and I told them everything and we arranged together this attack to make the Americans understand that the belief of Allah, that eman which we hold, the fatwah that we strive for cannot be exchanged for all the wealth in the world."

VOA: standard.2010.01.09