Pig blood is very close in thickness to human blood.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

The election was close in total votes.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

(Voice) He says the pirates may fear that naval ships patrolling the area will close in on the ship if they believe weapons have fallen into the wrong hands.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Doctors in training may have to do hundreds of stitches in some cases to close the skin after an operation.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

In two thousand eight they had close to two million students -- nearly three times more than in two thousand.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

He believed that much of what was being said and done in Ohio was close to the crime of treason.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

But the risk rises to one in every 40 people among those who have a close family member with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is close to losing what he called its "best friend" in the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

At the close of the Group of 20 Summit in Toronto,Canada, the president noted moves in Europe to cut government spending.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

In Paris, Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates, Julia Gardner, whose family was from Boston, Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

In the United States alone, the number of infections in hospitals is estimated at close to two million each year.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

In everyday speech, holding your cards close to your vest means not letting other know what you are doing or thinking.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In April,after the first cases in the United States, officials told schools to close at the first sign of an H1N1 outbreak.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

Land protests last year forced the company to close its factory in the Indian state of West Bengal.

VOA: special.2009.03.28