How to pronounce shot in American English
“shot” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to shot the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“shot” in real sentences — American speakers
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to hockey's hardest shot: the slap shot.
NSF
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they shot according to what I was taught said yap, they shot.
Smithsonian Air & Space
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to find something beautiful to snap a shot uh get a shot
NASA
Words that sound like “shot”
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Why real speech
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