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How to pronounce spats

“spats” pronunciation in British English

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“spats” in real sentences

51 clips in the index · 2 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. religious leader in in scotland he had a number of spats uh verbal spats with mary

    British Library

  2. uh these economic spats are troublesome.

    Channel 4 News

  3. public spats within her own party.

    CBC News

  4. We have spats with our wives.

    Talks at Google

Words that sound like “spats”

Words one sound away from spats — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.

Other forms of “spats”

Why real speech

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