How to pronounce defense

Listen to defense in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“defense” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. Defense -- National Defense Department.

    NIH · watch from 43:54 · hear it here

  2. I know Defense is Defense.

    GAO · watch from 17:22 · hear it here

  3. I'm principally a defense law uh defense defense lawyer.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 1:23 · hear it here

  4. defense spending to the defense industry defense procurement and defense jobs I can certainly make that

    UK Parliament · watch from 29:33 · hear it here

Why real speech

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