Louie Zamperini and pilot Russell Allen Phillips survived forty-seven days at sea before their raft washed up on an island.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

Slowly,they moved the water around in the pan until most of the dirt and water washed away.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

"I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

Or,once they are washed, they can be eaten just as they come out of the ground.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

The rain and snow that washed down the mountains into Lake Otero carried gypsum with it.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Researchers found that eighty-five percent of adults washed their hands in public restrooms last month.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

B.J.Adams sewed the drawings onto special fabric which melted away after she washed it.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

The water washed away boats, cars and houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo.

VOA: special.2011.03.12

They were after pieces of gold that the rains had washed down from above.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

He had left his laboratory in the care of his assistant, washed the chemicals from his hands and asked a beautiful woman to become his wife.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Earwax is normally expelled; it falls out of the ear or gets washed away.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

I washed our glasses and took the two wine bottles away with me.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

Or they washed clothes. Madam C.J.Walker worked as a washerwoman for twenty years.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

No longer could it be washed from the bottoms of mountain streams.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

So can standing under hot water while you are getting washed.

VOA: special.2010.03.30

The animals are washed and decorated with bells and jewelry.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

The pans should have washed out the play.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

She cooked and washed clothes during the day.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

But all produce should be washed.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

Sarah washed clothes all day.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

There was a time when many clowns were washed-up rodeo competitors, slowed by age, injury or overuse of alcohol.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

But what happens when hospitals have been washed away by floods or turned to rubble in an earthquake?

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Buildings,homes,power and telephone lines collapsed, vehicles were washed away and many people were trapped under the debris.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Conservationists have warned that oil could be washed up for weeks to come along Queensland's popular coastline.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Electricity in the capital has been cut off. Roads and bridges have been washed away.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

As the oil has spread and washed ashore at Gulf Coast beaches and wetlands, cleanup crews have been trying to scoop up what they can.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Sections of the main highways that connect to Kashmir's summer capital, Srinagar,were washed away.

VOA: standard.2010.08.06