We use a leash to walk our pet dogs, The leash keeps dog from running away or getting into trouble.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

Sheila Sisulu from the World Food Program says the project aims to break a cycle that keeps people hungry.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Sometimes a person fights a battle that has been decided or keeps arguing a question that has been settled.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Still,in the words of an old American saying, the person who keeps pulling the grapevine shakes down at least a few grapes.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

It keeps from Negroes only political rights, and refuses to make Negroes equal to white men.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

No-till keeps carbon in the soil and avoids the release of heat-trapping gases from motorized equipment.

VOA: special.2010.09.28

The female mosquito uses its thin sucking tube to break the skin, find blood and inject the victim with a substance that keeps blood flowing.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

He is considered nosey. Someone who keeps his nose to the grindstone works very hard.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

As the mulch breaks down, it provides material that keeps the soil from getting hard.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

Or if you are trying to rest your voice but it keeps getting worse.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

When that keeps happening, the roots do not have enough time to recover.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

The song tells how the young cowboy keeps driving the dogies forward.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration keeps records of tornado sightings.

VOA: special.2010.05.11