1.   As if on cue, the gray clouds that had blanketed the sky most of the morning began to break up during the swearing-in ceremony.

2.   At night, stars blanket the sky far from the lights of the big city.

3.   German anti-aircraft fire blankets the sky.

4.   Smoke blanketed the sky, turning the blue to marshmallow white.

5.   A deck of middle to high clouds blanketed the skies across the eastern and southern half of Puerto Rico during the morning hours.

6.   Authorities said that they were winning the battle Saturday against peat fires that have blanketed the skies above the Malaysian Grand Prix with smoky haze.

7.   Fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have produced thick haze and smoke, blanketing the sky and disrupting air and sea traffic in the region.

8.   On Sunday, the alert was posted again in northern areas where smog caused mostly by car exhaust blanketed the sky.