The leaves on many of the trees have already begun to change color as they prepare to drop to the ground.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

This makes it more difficult for the body to effectively use the same amount of oxygen as it would on the ground.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

" Some one with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

When there is fresh snow on the ground, the surface of the snow takes in, or absorbs,sound waves.

VOA: special.2010.01.05

The pilot spent fifty hours in a simulator -- a copy of the plane on the ground -- preparing for his ten-minute flight.

VOA: special.2010.07.07

The force threw little Bill out of the wagon and he landed on the sandy ground.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Old Behrman was a painter who lived on the ground floor of the apartment building.

VOA: special.2009.08.01

Earlier this month, Michelle Obama and twenty-three schoolchildren helped prepare the ground for an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House.

VOA: special.2009.03.31

The Council explains on its Web site that early tall buildings were generally measured from the ground floor to the top of the building, not including flagpoles.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

Other gun owners openly showed their weapons as they stood at the border of Washington on Virginia ground.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

This is not just about getting boots on the ground. This is part of NATO's strategy for getting Afghanistan back on its feet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

But the NATO chief said it underlines the solidarity of the 44 ISAF countries and will have a "powerful effect on the ground."

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Army General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has sent his evaluation of the situation on the ground to Mr.Obama and European leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The Democrats met just three blocks from the White House, but with half a meter of snow on the ground from a winter storm, the trip became dangerous.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

Palestinian officials say the current construction of thousands of Jewish homes will continue for years, creating facts on the ground in territory claimed for a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

She reaffirmed Mr.Obama's intention to begin withdrawing U.S.forces in July 2011 but said the pace, size and scope of the drawdown will be based on conditions on the ground.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

This Israeli government is doing nothing. Look on the ground: we have recognized the State of Israel's right to live in peace and security, next to the state of Palestine.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"We also have reports of civilian casualties, but the info we have from the Afghan National Army on the ground is that it is believed that that was caused by insurgent mortar fire,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"As our assessment determines that we have a gap between the demand on the ground and our ability to deliver, obviously we then adjust the priority on delivery of supplies coming into the theater.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

General Petraeus appeared to be pointedly rejecting suggestions by some analysts, and some officials and members of Congress, that the United States should scale back its ground operations in Afghanistan and focus on air strikes and special operations missions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

"The delivery of capability here in Haiti is a balancing act that requires troops on the ground to distribute humanitarian assistance, the supplies for them to distribute and the mobility necessary for them to be able to reach the communities that are most stricken,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

"This was a hugely significant attack plan. With that number of aircraft, with the types of destination that were being talked about, it is conceivable to think of upwards of 2,000 casualties in the air depending on the point of detonation whether others would have been caught on the ground as well.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07