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How to pronounce wards in American English
“wards” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to wards the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“wards” in real sentences — American speakers
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And those wards with UV, the TB wards had 90% less influenza than comparable
CDC
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wards in Stanford Hospital, in the ICU.
NIH
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to figure out what those wards are and write down those census tract members.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “wards”
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Other forms of “wards”
Why real speech
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