How native speakers pronounce “playing”

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I met some friends online who were live streaming themselves playing video games on Twitch, and I had no idea what that meant.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

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I met some friends online who were live streaming themselves playing video games on Twitch, and I had no idea what that meant.

The Wildlife Sanctuary You Can Visit from Anywhere | Maya Higa | TED · TED

But now kids with degrees are often heading home to carry on playing video games, because you need an MA where the previous job required a BA,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

and I can just control it right here from my laptop. So it's a little bit like playing a video game. But I can fly around,

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

So for centuries, people have fantasized about playing God by creating artificial versions of ourselves.

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

at that time, just, you know, going out and playing as children meant that it was an act of quiet resistance. But at the same time, as a nation that today is thriving in many senses,

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

You know, lots of kids are really into gross things, like playing in dirt or collecting beetles or eating their boogers. And why is that?

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

What do you see when you watch the world's geopolitical tensions playing out right now? VOS: I see a lot of devastation, obviously.

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

followed by a piano recital. You've been studying and playing for days, but you still don't feel ready for either. So, what can you do?

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

I've been programming since I was 14. Building software felt like playing a video game. I couldn't stop.

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

And thinking was the part I did 25 years. Building software felt like playing a video game again. I was back.

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

our nonverbal behaviors, things like fidgeting, avoiding eye contact, playing with our hair, doodling even,

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

instead of leveling up, instead of playing to win, we play not to lose.

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

jumping a rope, maybe it's swimming, maybe it's playing pickup basketball, maybe it's, you know, just

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

about narratives that are not predetermined. Since being a teenager and playing 3D games, developing mods, levels, characters,

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

with every viewer individually, playing out live, blurring the lines between classic linear media, like movies,

What If You Could Talk to Your Favorite Character in a Movie? | Christoph Lassner | TED · TED

fast-paced environment. But the playing field isn't level. And all of my daily collaborations,

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

to humanize and include to really, truly level the playing field. It's two languages,

How AI Can Bridge the Deaf and Hearing Worlds | Adam Munder | TED · TED

your child playing cards with a neighbor falling into a random conversation that

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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,

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

I'm with Clarence, my grandson, and he's playing with the same old toys. And I'm playing with my new toy,

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

and he's playing with the same old toys. And I'm playing with my new toy, the first version of ChatGPT.

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

nor the societal guardrails. We're playing with fire. You'd think with all of the scientific evidence

The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED · TED

The band you heard is actually a real band. In fact, that's me playing the fiddle. There's just one extra step in the process where I ran my vocals,

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

I did enjoy just looking across the faces of this esteemed audience as that song was playing. (Laughter)

Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TED · TED

when I was a kid I fell in love with hockey much of my childhood was spent playing it watching it or talking about it

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So many of them thought they were bad, too. They'd been out of the room playing when their mom died, or they'd said something in anger to an ill parent that they regretted.

Lessons from My Father’s Final Days | Laurel Braitman | TED · TED

"There are bigger things happening in the world, how could I be playing the piano?" I work with thousands of creatives, thousands of artists,

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

sure, do your 20-minute exercise. But where's your 20 minutes of playing around with the pens? Where's your 20 minutes of singing in the shower?

The Case for Making Art When the World Is on Fire | Amie McNee | TED · TED

pretty much every other week it feels like. I've been playing with a couple of them. I'd like to show you what I've been playing.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

I've been playing with a couple of them. I'd like to show you what I've been playing. So, Sora, this is the image and video generator.

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

it's been able to do these things that people really love. CA: I mean, if I'm a management consultant and I'm playing with some of this stuff, I'm thinking, uh oh, what does my future look like?

OpenAI’s Sam Altman Talks ChatGPT, AI Agents and Superintelligence — Live at TED2025

just in a weaker position and they are playing defense so they're not trying to say oh we'll be global leaders since

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

play sides you know and just on defense everyone playing defense okay let's talk about another geopolitical power that is

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

over the last year or so obviously we've been seeing the war playing out in Gaza we've been seeing um Hezbollah was um

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

then life is going to be very difficult. And we see that playing out in all sorts of ways. So for example, with media organizations,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

of the biggest superpower in the world, and that is what's playing out now in real time. And if you don't like those laws, well,

Can Big Tech and Privacy Coexist? | Carole Cadwalladr and Chris Anderson | TED · TED

happen if there were two kids aged 10, 10, double digits playing at the park together, what is likely to happen?

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

kids even wanting to play, I mean Nike is about playing, right? Then something

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

but but it was just kids in the park. Some of them were playing with a ball and some of them were doing whatever.

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

And once you have some kids playing in the neighborhood, and I've seen this, then

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

recital, ballet, or would you rather um be online with them playing games, you know, or um just socializing or

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

They're, you know, they're they're playing in the park or whatever, that should be the end

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

interesting to think about the the role that communities are playing in all of this.

How to Raise Confident Kids in an Age of Anxiety | Lenore Skenazy | TED · TED

This is such a good idea." We had a laugh about it, but it was like, playing over in my mind, in my mind. And then we brought it over, and it learned how to help out at a store.

My Year Living with a Robot | Emily Kate Genatowski | TED · TED

What might be the benefits of an attempt or a partial success? You can see we're playing up the fears and really taking a conservative look at the upside.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals | Tim Ferriss | TED · TED

As much as you love someone or feel attracted to them, they are playing a supporting role. And you for them.

The Relationship Between Sex and Imagination | Gina Gutierrez | TED · TED

Instead, if your friend's idea of recreation is physical activity, bowling, or playing hockey, biking or gardening,

How to Live to be 100+ | Dan Buettner | TED · TED

as a way of bringing past cultures into the present. Playing Tinker Bell gave me permission to reignite my imagination. My class on W.E.B. Du Bois

Let Curiosity Lead | Yara Shahidi | TED · TED

Sophie: Yeah, because you're doing stuff together. Like maybe playing Roblox together. Because nowadays, when you’re with them, everyone’s on their phones.

3 Habits to Practice Curiosity — and Escape Your Phone | Nayeema Raza | TED · TED

Have that fight at a dinner party instead of playing footsie with your phone. Ask something to someone you thought you couldn't learn from,

3 Habits to Practice Curiosity — and Escape Your Phone | Nayeema Raza | TED · TED

I'm captaining the England Under 11 team, and we're playing in a Four Nations tournament, that's why we're all in red.