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How to pronounce flightless
“flightless” pronunciation in American and British English
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“flightless” in real sentences
65 clips in the index · 4 American · 1 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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flightless birds on New Zealand.
QI
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We all know ostriches are flightless.
WIRED
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The males fly, the females are flightless.
The Diary Of A CEO
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Dinosaurs came and went, the flightless ones anyway.
The Royal Institution
Why real speech
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