How to pronounce stops
Listen to stops in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“stops” in real sentences
824 clips in the index · 334 American · 490 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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and charges, stops cars being repossessed, stops evictions and repossessions, stops pre-payment meters
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 18:22 · hear it here
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where that movement stops.
USGS · watch from 36:56 · hear it here
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The experiment never stops.
NSF · watch from 11:44 · hear it here
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stops young people from being exploited but it also stops young people from being
UK Parliament · watch from 34:29 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of stops. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.