How to pronounce ballast

Listen to ballast 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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“ballast” in real sentences

110 clips in the index · 51 American · 9 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. and ballast and so forth.

    NTSB · hear it here

  2. second component i want to talk about is the ballast ballast is just the generic term

    Rail Academy · hear it here

  3. They're called the cruise ballast masses.

    NASA · hear it here

  4. Emergency Chief blow all main ballast tanks.

    60 Minutes · hear it here

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