How to pronounce fines
Listen to fines in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“fines” in real sentences
968 clips in the index · 205 American · 763 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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plans outweighed the fines.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 158:16 · hear it here
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It has issued fines to all three parties, and those fines will be paid.
UK Parliament · watch from 31:42 · hear it here
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to fines but I think that all of the discussion of fines again is
FTC · watch from 184:22 · hear it here
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dollars in criminal antitrust fines.
Dept of Justice · watch from 2:00 · hear it here
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