How native speakers pronounce “figures”

They're security leaders, business leaders, investors, political figures, journalists serious operators.

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mental health was a taboo topic shrouded in stigma. And now public figures talk openly about it, there's an entire industry to support it,

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And there's usually a desire to be treated like an adult, but they can't quite let go of their action figures. You might imagine that it looks a little like this.

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mythical Heroes you can think of the most iconic spiritual figures the most enduring fairy tales

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B ... I really believe that society figures out, over time, with some big mistakes along the way, how to get technology right.

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This study shows that poverty and parenting matter. And one study actually put figures on that, so it looked at children growing up in persistent poverty

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