A textile is a piece of cloth that has been formed by weaving, knitting,pressing or knotting together individual pieces of fiber.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

The report lists twenty-eight countries and territories with some of the world's most pressing crises affecting women and children.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Another area has a collection of irons and other devices used for cleaning and pressing clothes in Chinese laundries.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

The first step in pressing the oil from seeds is to crush the seeds between two stones.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

But these drawings were made by pressing paper against broken sheets of glass covered in ink.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

It is probably clay if it holds together instead of falling apart when you stop pressing.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

The writers discuss how women represent the most pressing human rights problem in the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

People form containers by pressing a ball of clay into a given shape.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

You can use a common electric iron used for pressing clothes.

VOA: special.2011.07.25

The Treasury Department has also been pressing Chrysler's creditors.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

Political leaders began pressing for a quick northern victory.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

Leticia Sakaria, a 19-year-old English student at the University of Namibia, says the government needs to address the country's pressing social ills.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

But the country's interim government, led by Roza Otunbayeva, has insisted on pressing on with the referendum.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

involvement in Afghanistan. On one hand, congressional Republicans are pressing the president to beef up U.S.forces to ensure a victory over al-Qaida and the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

The Obama administration is pressing Burmese military leaders to release detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and hold free, fair and credible elections next year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Fearing what some economists are already calling a 'jobless recovery', President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to enact financial incentives for small businesses to hire new workers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

The US has been pressing European allies to send more troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10