How native speakers pronounce “blocks”

Time for a cup of coffee. Caffeine blocks adenosine from binding to receptors, which can give you a boost of energy.

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what I found is that we have three building blocks of identity I call these the ABCs of meaning

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I came regularly into his playroom, and he was playing with these blocks with letters. I wanted him to learn to read eventually,

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that feel overwhelming. One of those challenges lies just blocks from where I'm standing right now, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver.

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from the frame of understanding what has happened in other countries. And I think that's one of the blocks actually with understanding this situation.

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And it could be two blocks, it could be two houses. I was I

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