Precious is an extremely overweight black teenager in the Harlem area of New York City.

VOA: special.2010.03.01

Critics have also praised a movie called "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire."

VOA: special.2010.01.01

Therefore she offers you this precious moonstone in exchange for the 12 babies.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

Paul lifted the crystal glass of champagne and drank the cold,precious,bubbling wine.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Precious suffers horrible sexual and physical abuse from both her parents.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

the ax has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

That was her friend Brian. "Well,we saw 'Precious' together."

VOA: special.2010.03.01

I tried simple glass, crystal and even precious stones.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

also from the album, "Precious Memories."

VOA: special.2009.11.13

"The blunt reality is that there will be dwindling appetite and patience in the US Congress -- and in the American body politic writ large -- to expend increasingly precious funds on behalf of nations that are apparently unwilling to devote the necessary resources or make the necessary changes to be serious and capable partners in their own defense."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Mo'Nique, who plays the abusive mother of a troubled teenaged girl in "Precious."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

He spits in the pan and swirls again, gathering the precious dust in a small depression in the pan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

MCC Director Irene Paxia grew up in Italy, and knows first-hand how language barriers can waste precious time in emergencies.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

I think there would be huge protests across the country if they tried to take away their precious vuvuzelas."

VOA: standard.2010.06.14