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How to pronounce cow in American English

“cow” pronunciation by American speakers

Listen to cow the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.

“cow” in real sentences — American speakers

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  1. that with 255,000 cow dairies instead of the 12,500 hundred cow dairies.

    Dept of Justice

  2. cow manure and make methane.

    The White House

  3. the cows fed farmer Alex decides to add another cow anyway he figures the extra cow

    NSF

Words that sound like “cow”

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Other forms of “cow”

Why real speech

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