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How to pronounce ballast in American English
“ballast” pronunciation by American speakers
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and ballast and so forth.
NTSB
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balloons control their altitude by dropping weight called ballast each of these ballast bags weighed about
NASA
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Each of these ballast bags weighed about 70 pounds.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “ballast”
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