How to pronounce thing

Listen to thing in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“thing” in real sentences

1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. I go check, you know, a thing here, a thing there, a thing there.

    Federal Reserve · watch from 31:57 · hear it here

  2. actually makes this thing, this whole thing work.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 151:35 · hear it here

  3. one thing here and another thing locally anyway

    UK Parliament · watch from 15:13 · hear it here

  4. But it said the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

    Census Bureau · watch from 63:12 · hear it here

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