"Our main thrust has to be to help Pakistan defeat these extremists,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

It's a statue of a woman with white robes and long hair. Her arms are thrust high into the sky, and she holds aloft a giant black bug.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki already warned lawmakers,Saturday, that a failure to approve the electoral law would cause the government to "lose its legitimacy" and thrust the country back into an atmosphere of chaos and violence.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"It was a failure with regards to its initial mission, a success to the triumph of the people that suddenly were thrust upon a problem that they never anticipated, they never planned for, they never trained for, and were able to pull off successfully a successful recovery."

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

"I think that there will be a refocusing of how the UK can operate within Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also there will be some serious questions about whether or not the UK can maintain this expeditionary role" TV debates, a first in British politics, have thrust the outsider Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats into the role of kingmaker in a close election.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30