How native speakers pronounce “around”

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I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

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I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

But something strikes you when you move to America and travel around the world: every education system on earth has the same hierarchy of subjects.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

And there's a reason. Around the world, there were no public systems of education, really, before the 19th century.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

If you think of it, the whole system of public education around the world is a protracted process of university entrance.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I had just driven home, it was around midnight in the dead of Montreal winter, I had been visiting my friend, Jeff, across town,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

lying on the dining room table where I had left them. So I quickly ran around and tried all the other doors and windows, and they were locked tight.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

fast you is less healthy because rushing around without enough rest is a one-way ticket to emotional mental and physical burnout

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I'll start with the obvious ones. Around the home, designate a place for things that are easily lost. Now, this sounds like common sense, and it is,

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

this exquisitely evolved mechanism in the brain for finding things. But it's really good for things that don't move around much, not so good for things that move around.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

But it's really good for things that don't move around much, not so good for things that move around. So this is why we lose car keys and reading glasses and passports.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

♪ Never gonna let you down ♪ ♪ Never gonna run around and desert you ♪ ♪ Never gonna make you cry ♪

Never Gonna Give You Up — Rick Astley · Rick Astley

So it's a little bit like playing a video game. But I can fly around, I can look and see whatever I want to see.

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

bookstores in Nashville closed, and after waiting around for someone else to open a bookstore, I decided to do it myself.

The Love of My Life (and Why I Need to Share It with You) | Ann Patchett | TED · TED

Others were enlisted to bring about full protection for krill and other wildlife in the waters around the Antarctic continent, along with other great ideas to try to protect the ocean’s blue heart.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

after the long history that preceded humankind. There is hope because around the world, people are doing what they can to restore what has happened to the coral reefs.

We’re Keeping the Ocean Wild — and You Can Join Us | Sylvia A. Earle | TED · TED

"Dating in my 20s was like musical chairs. Everybody was running around and having fun, but then sometime around 30 it was like the music turned off

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Everybody was running around and having fun, but then sometime around 30 it was like the music turned off and everybody started sitting down.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

Three years into college, I had a 1.491 grade point average that I was dragging around. I was smoking a pack of Camel Lights a day.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

Together, we're getting phones out of schools around the world. Teachers are so thrilled to get their

How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED · TED

We have overly bureaucratized peace. We've built an entire industry around it, with the familiar Western liberal model and a familiar toolbox:

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

because this is where the old peacemaking toolbox often misfires. We did not organize this around the grassroots, but the grasstops.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

It is launching coalitions of the willing around enlightened self-interest that can advance peace and security. If you want humanity, you have to earn it.

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

the months and the years of our lives. And yet, on the other hand, just look around a little bit. It's not clear that all of us have gotten this memo.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

And I just said, "No? I'm sorry." Then I turned around, and I just ran. (Laughter)

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

I met amazing people on planes and in cabs. Even just walking around town is more pleasant for me, whether I’m on campus or work or in a grocery store,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

whether I’m on campus or work or in a grocery store, because I’ve made a habit of walking around with my head up smiling and saying hello to other people,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

and I get, in return, a lot more smiles and hellos when I'm walking around. When I feel grateful, I write a note and send it off.

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

First of all, people noticed that the Earth was below, the sky above, and both the Sun and the Moon seemed to go around them. Their guessed explanation

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

was that the Earth must be the center of the universe. The prediction: everything should circle around the Earth. This was first really tested

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

what he found there was a planet, Jupiter, with four moons circling around it. He then used those moons to follow the path of Jupiter

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

He then used those moons to follow the path of Jupiter and found that Jupiter also was not going around the Earth but around the Sun.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

and found that Jupiter also was not going around the Earth but around the Sun. So the prediction test failed.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

And I love when I get like, that aha moment. When I understand the world around me with a new framework. But even more than that, I love giving that to other people.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

that populations tend to distribute around a mean as a Gaussian or a normal curve.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

but you're not talking about a bird's wing. You're not talking about moons floating around some planet Jupiter. This is a person.

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

because how else am I supposed to talk about the invisible magnetic fields all around us? It's got ready-to-teach classroom slide decks

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

that the teachers can make just with stuff they have lying around their classroom. The idea is that together we teach the classroom,

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

If everything goes according to plan, you'll see the world around you in an entirely new way. Kristin Bell: Oh my God, that’s crazy.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

of choking and suffocation. As young children, we start to move around more in our sleep, usually ending up on our sides and backs.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

to be at a million trips per week. And just to sort of help people wrap their minds around what that means, or how to think about it,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And so the way to think about that is a human drives around 700,000 miles in a lifetime -- a human who lives sort of the full lifetime --

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

But what hasn't gotten safer is the human. And so we decided we're patching around the problem. Actually, the way to make sure that this multi-ton vehicle

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And so to me, that is not -- that is still patching around the problem. Doesn't mean it won't result in safer driving when you are attentive,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

Most of those parking lots in major cities around the world are central.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And so it's a really tough place for me to sit in and facilitate the dialogue around it. However, over time,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

is a matter of public policy. Across the country, many schools are starting around 7:30 a.m. or earlier, despite the fact that major medical organizations recommend

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

against their own bodies. Around the time of puberty, teenagers experience a delay in their biological clock,

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

This is driven in part by a shift in the release of the hormone melatonin. Teenagers’ bodies wait to start releasing melatonin until around 11 p.m., which is two hours later than what we see in adults or younger children.

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

which is to start middle and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Districts around the country, big and small, who have made this change, they’ve found that these fears are often unfounded

What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy Troxel

Think about what we even do when we use a computer today. You move a picture of an arrow around until it touches a picture of a folder. Inside, there are pictures of files.

Why Humans Should Merge with AI | D. Scott Phoenix | TED · TED

I was Keke Palmer. I built an entire way of moving through the world around staying alert, staying useful, staying on.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

(Applause) You need a break long enough to look around, take stock and feel gratitude for what you've already built.

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

is that the cannabis plant, or cannabis, was illegal in most countries around the world until the late 1990s, so it's only been in the past 20 or so years --

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

Well, this is where things get complicated. Firstly, cannabis remains illegal in most countries around the world, so please don't do that.

Can Cannabis Help You Sleep? Here’s the Science | Jen Walsh | TED · TED

progress in AI has been simply astonishing. And who knows what's around the corner. Many experts think that conscious AI is possible.

Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TED · TED

and came to save our lives, democracies around the world who joined to save those values of freedom and human rights or,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

by doing gross experiments in my sixth-grade biology class. We did things like, we swabbed surfaces around our classroom and cultured the bacteria we'd collected,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

Because once we did not have a voice, and there were people around the world, whether political leaders or leaders in their communities

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

But at the same time, when I sit around those rooms and join world leaders where these decisions are made,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

And while I don't have any concrete data to back up this next idea, I think that for a lot of us, it happens around the time we hit puberty. And you know -- yeah, I know.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

and there are networks of fungus beneath your feet that are connecting literally all of the plants around you. That's really amazing.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

and to this day, I am still getting messages from people around the globe who are asking me about their periods. There are a lot of young people -- and some not-so-young people -- out there,

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

It's about continuing to fight because you know how much is at stake. And you know how many people around the world have their hopes on those decisions that are made in those rooms.

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

that I never forget that. That there is a child, there are millions of children around the world who are now listening to today's leaders,

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

It's important that we have a future. So many people around the world don't know whether they do. There's always that child that is still standing on the line

What Kosovo Can Teach the World About Freedom | Vjosa Osmani Sadriu | TED · TED

And then I took it on a trip to Marrakesh. You know, just to navigate around, to find restaurants, do translations. And at first, it didn't really feel right.

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

And you know how you talk to friends -- at some point I was walking around and I was sending it a voice message. And then I froze because I actually,

How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TED · TED

that if Lehman Brothers was Lehman Brothers and Sisters, they might still be around. (Laughter)

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

I called Afghan women I knew, activists who were working around the country. They were frightened, too.

What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TED · TED

but I have significant others. They are my brothers and sisters in the solo community around the world. There's my brother from another mother, Darwin,

Stop Telling Single People to Get Married | Peter McGraw | TED · TED

This causes us to miss out on opportunities, earn less and frankly, messes around with our mental well-being. Fun, right?

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

friends would sit for portraits like these, with their arms wrapped around each other, their bodies up close.

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

That if one of us has a migraine at 6am and there's a toddler bouncing around, or we get a terrifying diagnosis,

Why Friendship Can Be Just As Meaningful as Romantic Love | Rhaina Cohen | TED · TED

and we feel like crawling out of our skin, are we also the most nice and often generic to the people around us? I'm a social psychologist,

The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work | Tessa West | TED · TED

that we need an entire community to feel whole. And just being around a spouse, for example, only surfaces one side of ourselves.