"They're not quite there yet. There have been some serious efforts to deal with a combination of long-standing problems in the auto industry and the current crisis which has seen the market for new cars drop from 14 million [vehicles in annual sales to nine million.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

Experts say heat waves often become dangerous when the nighttime temperature does not drop much from the highest daytime temperature.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

But Chinese exports fell almost 3% in December from a year earlier - the sharpest drop in at least 10 years.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

I had forgotten to add more oil to the drop of water to stop it from drying.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

As the weekend went on, the miracles kept coming the kindness of the scattered police, the 'food-drop' by an Army helicopter, and flowers from the sky.

VOA: special.2009.08.10

He will drop it from the ship to the ocean bottom.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

Analysts arguing against an increase say a larger troop presence would lead to a drop in support from the Afghan people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

It says an across-the-board drop in trade and financial inflows has resulted in lower earnings from exports.

VOA: standard.2009.10.14

Both companies have declared bankruptcy after failing to recover from a drastic drop in auto sales.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

That is a drop of 2 percent from the previous poll in June.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Grayson says Mexico's gross domestic product is likely to drop 5.5 percent this year due to the flu scare, the worldwide recession and declining production from Mexico's oil fields.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

In addition,the U.S.Air Force conducted its first airdrop of supplies on Monday, north of Port-au-Prince, using an aircraft that flew from the United States and returned there after the drop, easing pressure on the Port-au-Prince airport.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19