How native speakers pronounce “told”

world truth be told uh I never graduated from college and uh this is the closest I've

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

my pancreas I didn't even know what a pancreas was the doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

and got a few cells from the tumor I was sedated but my wife who was there told me that when they viewed the cells under

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005 · Stanford

In the end, the doctor went and sat next to Gillian and said, "I've listened to all these things your mother's told me. I need to speak to her privately.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

and she's a multimillionaire. Somebody else might have put her on medication and told her to calm down. (Applause)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I was having dinner with my colleague, Danny Kahneman, the Nobel Prize winner, and I somewhat embarrassedly told him about having broken my window, and, you know, forgotten my passport,

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

flight so that I could make mine." That's when he told me he didn't have a flight.

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

And what the Hare Krishna told me was one of the most remarkable things I had ever heard in my life.

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

When I finally made it home to Nashville, I told this story to everyone. In fact, I told it for years.

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

I told this story to everyone. In fact, I told it for years. Two hours

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

friend Daniel Golden at Boswell Books in Milwaukee. He told me people were desperate to buy anything

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

More importantly, he told me to put the children's section as far away from the front door as

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

also have to see you read. Like all the people who told me not to open a bookstore, you may be wondering

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

and kicked off her flats and told me she was there to talk about guy problems. Now when I heard this, I was so relieved.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

(Laughter) And I was told not to worry. But in a few decades, with billions of dollars in subsidies,

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

keeping Earth's chemistry within safe operating space. I was told 50 years ago to be afraid of sharks. Now I'm afraid because I don't see sharks when I go diving.

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

So over the next weeks and months, I told Emma three things that every twentysomething, male or female,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

deserves to hear. First, I told Emma to forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

That's procrastination. I told Emma to explore work and make it count. Second, I told Emma that the urban tribe is overrated.

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

I told Emma to explore work and make it count. Second, I told Emma that the urban tribe is overrated. Best friends are great for giving rides to the airport,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

when she partnered with someone and created a family of her own. I told Emma the time to start picking your family is now. Now you may be thinking that 30 is actually a better time to settle down

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay

>> All right. Now, I've just told you that we need to greatly reduce the role of

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

In fact, just yesterday at lunch, Esther Perel told me she recently did her first couples therapy with a mixed couple,

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

You know, I came from four generations of teachers, and my grandma has always told me, "Hey Jia, you can do anything you want,

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

that we can then test in the general population. I told you that sarcomas are rare. They make up about one percent of all cancers.

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

had way too many sarcomas. I told you that sarcoma is rare. Remember that a one in a million diagnosis,

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

She had memorized it. She said, "Dr. Jones, you told me that we don't always win

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

her boy nonetheless died of his cancer. Should I have told her? Now, many of you may say, "So what?

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

I didn't tell you one dirty little secret. I told you that in medicine, we test predictions in populations, but I didn't tell you,

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

creating the sound we call snoring. This is also why people with sleep apnea are often told to avoid this position. This condition already involves pauses in breathing,

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

and as so many of the bystanders said after observing it -- “The child would not have survived” -- is what we were told. We weren't obviously there.

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

you needed to pay attention. And we told employees this is early days: “When we go from ramp to ramp, we have a camera in the car” --

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

and qualified for Section 8 -- which is a subsidized housing program. I remember being told not to mention my father when the assessor came by, because it would reduce the support we needed.

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

But the pattern finally broke. When I held my son and told him to rest, that was a small moment, but it ended something old,

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

This is the behind-the-scenes story of four teachers that helped me connect. And it's also about one secret that I've never told anyone about when I walked out of that courtroom.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

I didn't want to use it, but they told me to. So anyway --

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

You know, a month before the argument, Harvey told me that I should expect a question from Justice Barrett about license fees.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

about license fees. And the yellow is what Harvey told me to predict, and blue is what Justice Barrett actually said at the argument.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

while making the video on periods, is that I was talking to this one scientist who told me there's actually still a lot we don't know about periods.

Why you should love gross science | Anna Rothschild

You know, too many bullet points, too many tables. So I told it, because those modern models, they are so smart,

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

(Laughter) CA: Because the story we’re told is that AI researchers are doing all this great stuff,

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

and yet it never feels like we're coming from a position of strength. What if I told you that's because we've been given the wrong advice our whole lives?

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

that's because we've been given the wrong advice our whole lives? What if I told you there's another way, a better way, a more authentic way,

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

ready to negotiate, just like the experts told me to. I was creased, pleated and pressed to perfection.

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

By 10:10, I was being told I was no longer a "culture fit," which meant I wasn't getting that job.

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

because she wanted him to find emotional wholeness. And her son told her, "I found it in my platonic life partner."

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

I layered on an avalanche of self-criticism. I told myself a whole story about how I was an incurably self-obsessed, cranky monster

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

is "You don't take enough initiative here." How many of you have ever been told, “Please take some more initiative”? I think most of us at some point in our lives have experienced this.

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

you have to assume that people like you, right? The reason is, when researchers told people, “Hey, you’re going to go into this group, and based on your personality profile,

The Secret to Making New Friends as an Adult | Marisa G. Franco | TED · TED

Every working parent will tell you that's a very unrealistic expectation. When I returned, I was told the people who replaced me had done such a good job.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

Neuroscientist Chantel Prat told me that people who have gone through more setbacks are better at problem-solving, reasoning, logic.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

Which is why I felt completely blindsided when I actually received my review. My boss sent me down and told me that I needed to work on connecting better with my clients

3 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships at Work | Alyssa Birnbaum | TED · TED

and yet something was missing. What if I told you that what was missing for Maya is also missing for billions of people around the world,

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

and that it might be missing for you? What if I told you that not having it undermines our other efforts to be healthy and can even shorten your lifespan?

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

as well as the effects of menopause. I just told you I'm pushing 50. My teammates and I, we want to know what's coming.

What Women Athletes Need to Unlock Their Full Potential | Kate Ackerman | TED · TED

which they diagnosed as stress induced, told me to go home and relax. And in fact, I had no idea what to do.

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

And we've been isolated because we've been told that it's stronger to be independent. It's not true.

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

Students, families, educators, local employers all told us the same thing: we want learning that actually connects to the world

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

You come into the laboratory, and you're told you have to give a five-minute impromptu speech on your personal weaknesses

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

was preparing you to meet this challenge? Now that is exactly what participants were told in a study conducted at Harvard University.

How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED · TED

are so impressionable and so full of potential. But what if I told you those same middle school boys could lead us to a more just and equitable society

3 Skills Every Middle School Boy Needs | Jerome Hunter | TED · TED

do what you love and never work a day in your life?" And I'll never forget what he told me. He said, "You know, Simone,

How to Reclaim Your Life From Work | Simone Stolzoff | TED · TED

I heard you on Christian radio this morning, and God told me to bring you supplies." He brought us water,

The most powerful woman you've never heard of | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Renae

And she respected him and loved him, and she told me, when I questioned this obvious loss of her freedom, "You just don't understand, do you?

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

She agreed to all of those treatment plans. She told us that her symptoms had improved by 90 percent. She was spending more time at work

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

who's now in her 90s, but she's been a poet her entire life and she told me that when she was growing up in rural Virginia, she would be out working in the fields,

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

and forgot how to wash dishes. She told me that when her husband would go to work, she would lay on the floor next to the empty crib

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

I'd asked for either an on-site or a virtual interpreter. Unfortunately, they told me neither were available, so I had to write back and forth with the receptionist at the front desk.

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

So could you imagine going to the doctor's appointment and being told by the doctor that your seven-year-old is going to relay the information to you?

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

successful and happy on his left he told me I knew I couldn't go back to farmer with that on my hands

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and I was dying for the first time. My doctors came in the room and told me, "David, we've tried everything. There's nothing more we can do."

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

and had never shared a complete thought or feeling with his parents, and was told by doctors that he probably would never share a feeling with them. Within two weeks of starting leucovorin,

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

that we could go faster in the future than what history has told us was the reality in the past. Even though human civilization is at stake.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

You know, the World Health Organization has long told us it is the most serious health threat facing humanity. Just last week, the University of Manchester

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

So, the IEA’s told us long since, we have all the technologies we need

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

the only solution to this problem is preemption. Now I just told you that you, Mr. Good, are about to have the keys to control the entire world,

The AI Revolution Is Underhyped | Eric Schmidt | TED · TED

So this is all great stuff. But what if I told you that I believe that AI companions are potentially the most dangerous tech

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

and just having a great time with all of our friends, and I remember he told me "Everything happens only once

Can AI Companions Help Heal Loneliness? | Eugenia Kuyda | TED · TED

one of the interviewers actually just asked me, "Why are you doing this?" I told him, "I only have so much time on this planet,

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

I mean, if only because no one was ever persuaded by being told "Your fears are stupid." So here's why, even after a full accounting,

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

Learning patience, for instance. We have been told that the road to peace is not a sprint, but is more like a marathon.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

How can we do it? It's a very simple method. It's so simple that it's actually what we were told as children when we learned to cross the street.

Want to be happy? Be grateful | David Steindl-Rast

he was diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer and he was told he had six months to live. He had his right leg amputated and he went in for chemo and radiation,

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

But folks, this has been a total game changer for me. My therapists have told me -- I have multiple therapists simultaneously,

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

Yeah. And so we talked, and both of them told me, I kid you not, without consulting with each other,

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

Friend? Bad. Told you I was insecure. But see, this is where my brain takes me.

What Happened When I Started Measuring My Life Every Day | Chris Musser | TED · TED

and you catch a glimpse of yourself, remember, I told you this. That is what believing looks like.

A 3-Step Guide to Believing in Yourself | Sheryl Lee Ralph | TED · TED

they could be thrown off the ship. Jaylen told us about how she came back home that night crying profusely. Feeling traumatized.

The Breakthrough Power of Young Leaders | Mohan Sivaloganathan | TED · TED

instead of using two words. In Egypt, I'm told, it's rude to ignore a stranger,

Why you should talk to strangers | Kio Stark

because there are so many people right here already struggling. My friend Evan told me that when he was a kid and his parents drove through this neighborhood,

Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it | Elizabeth Dunn

when they wanted to know if we were still together. So the story that the media told about the 36 questions was that there might be a shortcut to falling in love.

Falling in love is the easy part | Mandy Len Catron

and it is growing very rapidly. CA: I mean, you told me that like doubled in just a few weeks. Like in terms of compute or in terms of ...

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compassion is feeling for the other without losing your own ground. Our couples told us that overemphasizing and overidentifying can kill your relationship,

The 6 Essential Ingredients of Loving Relationships | Sara Nasserzadeh | TED · TED

Trump's successes uh The Mexican government was told that if you don't tighten the southern border of Mexico

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

I think there's going to be some people who are like, "Oh my god, first you told me what I needed to eat for my brain health,

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

for my body. Then you told me I needed to go to the farmers market and buy

TED Explores: Food for the Future | TED Countdown · TED

"Oh my gosh, your dad is so proud of you." I'm always thinking, oh, I wish he told me that, you know. But I know he is.

A Filmmaker + a Therapist on People-Pleasing | TED Intersections · TED

in marriage and in divorce. So, a mentor of mine once told me, "You should always marry your second husband first."

How understanding divorce can help your marriage | Jeannie Suk Gersen

and was able to be there in the audience, which was so special because I told his story during the talk. And his story is that he was critically ill

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED

you sitting in this hospital room and they told you they can't save you. I can't imagine what that must have been like.

How Do You Turn Setbacks Into Motivation? A Doctor + A Trauma Specialist Answer | TED Intersections · TED