And then our job is to put out the brush fires so to speak.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"What is incredibly positive about the way the demonstration has come together is it is different groups of workers,students, different people that are affected by the crisis that is kind of gripping the system, actually coming together to say that collectively we can fight back and argue to put out priorities first,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

They would put out sacrifices of food and light fires to keep the spirits from doing any harm to the living.

VOA: special.2010.10.29

As he handed the basket to his wife, a sudden rush of cool rain put out the fire.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

He had threatened to take the South out of the Union if any limits were put on slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

She seemed to want it so. She shut out the sunshine and put away many of the pictures.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Often,when the fire bell rang, other men in the city rushed to help put out the fire.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

Then Andy took a large amount of money out of his pocket and asked Jeff to put it together with the other money.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army as it fled from coalition forces.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

Tyler wanted to put these men out and appoint men who would support him.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Paul put on his snowshoes and went out to see the unusual sight.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

It's deemed you have been possessed by the devil, or put out on the street, a shame to your family and really left to live very subhuman lives."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

"A one-size-fits-all approach would have put small farmers and ranchers out of business or prevented them from providing locally produced, healthy fresh food to consumers who want it."

VOA: special.2011.01.11

"The reason is that those plants are going to get so big that if you were to put three or four or six plants in, they are just going to be crowding each other out, and each plant is going to underperform."

VOA: special.2011.06.14