How to pronounce fail
Listen to fail in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“fail” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 820 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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When they fail, communities fail.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 17:31 · hear it here
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without fail FOR DECADES.
NIST · watch from 1:36 · hear it here
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okay where did we fail and why did we fail there how can we
NTSB · watch from 151:32 · hear it here
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in expectation but when they fail they fail confusingly why do they work how
FTC · watch from 31:31 · hear it here
Why real speech
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