After ______ seemed a hopeless wait, four coal-miners trapped in the mine for 125 hours were finally rescued in Heilongjiang Province.
Young people today are living a much more comfortable life than their parents ___ several years ago.
He was about to leave ___ Tom arrived so he stayed a little longer.
Each statue is of a person who has made a ___ in American history.
The official ___ whom we applied ___ a permit was most warm-hearted.
Many of the survivors are being ___ burns and other injuries at local hospitals.