Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

In 2009, the foundation collected records from 14 Asian countries, indicating that fractures of the vertebrae are as common in Asia as they are in the West.

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

Some common fruit trees such as sweet cherries and McIntosh apples have to be grafted.

VOA: special.2010.05.18

By supporting nuclear energy, the president may be seeking common ground with Republicans who have called for building as many as one hundred new nuclear power centers.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

To hear an oriole sing May be a common thing Or only a divine It is not the bird Who sings the same unheard, As unto crowd.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

Now,the Obama administration supports what are known as the Common Core State Standards.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Diseases such as multiple sclerosis and type-one diabetes are more common among whites.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

A critic once described Miller as an activist for the common man.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

Poetry feeds my soul. Poetry is comforting and soothing, and it's awe-inspiring as a glimpse of rainbow, which should come as no surprise since poems and rainbows have something in common.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Hundreds of thousands of people used to get polio, a virus that spreads as easily as the common cold.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

Most analysts view it more as a movement of various local groups with the common aim of imposing Islamic-based rule.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words,names,and faces that is most common as we age.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

The same thing a doctor would take." They learn how to diagnose and manage common illnesses like colds,or chronic problems such as diabetes and heart disease.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

"Today,Northern Ireland stands as an example to the world of how even the staunchest adversaries can overcome differences to work together for the common and greater good,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12