How to pronounce backstop
Listen to backstop in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“backstop” in real sentences
614 clips in the index · 156 American · 440 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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That backstop is required.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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backstop was a complete fantasy.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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a backstop to the risk-based requirements.
Federal Reserve · hear it here
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Those fuses that backstop the hydraulic pressure.
NTSB · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of backstop. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.