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Katherine took Charles back to the UK for a visit in 1989, as well as trips to parts of Wales that he admitted he "could not pronounce", including Machynlleth and Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
From BBC β Sep. 11, 2026
That’s close to how you pronounce the new starter at quarterback there, Tyler Shough, whose last name sounds like “shuck,” as in shucking oysters.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 9, 2026
I don’t care if it contains added MSG and holds a laundry list of seasonings you can’t pronounce.
From Salon β Jul. 19, 2026
I asked a few experts in the history of nationalism to pronounce on America’s relative longevity, and discovered that the answer to this question is surprisingly complicated.
From Slate β Jul. 4, 2026
In the last phase of weightlessness, she had to pronounce a specific phrase over the radio.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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One of his sons pronounces the name "Hit-lay", in order to escape embarrassment, and his grandchildren have taken their mothers' names.
From BBC β Mar. 18, 2026
“The depths of his self-delusion are staggering,” Mr. Hart pronounces.
From The Wall Street Journal β Dec. 1, 2025
He’s a charming voice actor, and she pronounces every word through her nostrils, so they balance each other out better than any other couple on the show.
From Salon β Apr. 24, 2025
“What is real and what is not real is my business,” she pronounces, having bent the world to her will.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 27, 2024
She doesn’t speak French to the waiter, who is French himself, but the way she pronounces the items on the menu makes it clear that she is fluent.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Nowhere has the war’s impact on the global energy system been more pronounced in recent months than in the refining sector, where crude oil is turned into the products that power the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 7, 2026
The shielding effect wasn’t as pronounced in September, but regardless, Emanuel expects it will again help during future selloffs.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 7, 2026
"With further optimization of cavity structures and material systems, vacuum-fluctuation coupling may enable more pronounced and widely applicable control of quantum states," said Prof. Zeng.
From Science Daily β Oct. 3, 2026
They were taken to hospital in Ras Al Khaimah but pronounced dead later that day.
From BBC β Oct. 2, 2026
He pronounced it needless to send for a doctor: nature, he was sure, would manage best, left to herself.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
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The funniest part of that conversation is when Sam labels Judith a WOACA, a Woman of a Certain Age, pronouncing it as if he were Fozzie Bear punctuating a joke in an old-timey stand-up set.
From Salon β Jul. 26, 2026
New England is ready to absorb Scotland as its seventh state as soon as the Scots agree to stop pronouncing their r’s.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 29, 2026
Could his trouble pronouncing acetaminophen be a phonemic paraphasic error?
From Slate β Jan. 26, 2026
"When the institution tried to correct this, it felt like being told you're pronouncing your mate's name wrong."
From BBC β Nov. 26, 2025
And I would read him the letter—reading slowly and pronouncing each word with extreme care—telling him that his claims for a pension had not been substantiated and that his application had been rejected.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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