vowel
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But Team Italy didn’t want to add players, forward Nick Saracino said, “just because you have a vowel in your name.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Even the word, beginning and ending with similar vowel qualities, evinces monotony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024
Check the following rule: If there is a vowel on one side of the card, there is an even number on the other side.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
Rhoticity is the term for speaking in an accent where an r is pronounced not only before a vowel, but also before a consonant or at the end of words.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
Consonants, you knew pretty much where they stood, but you could never trust a vowel.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Leto’s grumbling Brit-inflected baritone is an unrecognizable concoction of trilled r’s and plummy vowels — and the best performance he’s done in years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
To go American, Mielewska said it's all about getting the Rs and the vowels right.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
They were prone to making simple mistakes, including basic addition errors and mistaking consonants for vowels, which led them to provide incorrect answers.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
The French vowels had a musical twang, but she could just about understand him.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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