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# How to pronounce "driven a wedge between" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/drɪvɛnæwɛddʒɛbɛtwɪːn/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **dri·ve·na·wed·ge·be·tween**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (5 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "driven a wedge between" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "too close to the former head of the nationalized bank Anglo Irish OT gkin has more Ireland's economic crisis has driven a wedge between Brian Cowen his party and voters but it was his por sh for Gulf with the bank boss whose lender was then nationalized that sparked the latest round of criticism and prompted calls from within Cowan's own party that he stepped down I believe that any issue regarding my leadership of f of fall"
- **Watch at 0:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am_tvLT2Kpw&t=26s)

### Example 2
> "liquid natural gas production after an attack on industry infrastructure. The attacks have driven a wedge between their politicians as a readout between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Qatari counterpart shows. Every paragraph has started with the Qatari Foreign Minister categorically"
- **Watch at 6:36**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbpq29PjoEw&t=396s)

### Example 3
> "to revert to our peaceful tradition. Mayor Mislo has driven a wedge between Christians and Muslims here. So, it's ironic that around half of Belffor's Muslim voters helped him get elected. It seems unlikely he'll receive their vote next time around."
- **Watch at 4:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCpZBmPR3A&t=289s)

### Example 4
> "but we just became so good at industrial production right we automated so much production it's so much more about tractors and pesticides and all of a sudden it is about human beings now the agricultural system has driven a wedge between egg and food between production and eating it used to be you know your grew stuff and you ate it and and there was a you know there was a a level of big level of interdependency on farms and now you have a state like Iowa which"
- **Watch at 11:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYkbw0i6oVI&t=662s)

### Example 5
> "months into his tenure, but those files remain closed. And Trump's connections to Epstein have been the subject of numerous media reports. Could the Epstein controversy be one of the rare issues that has driven a wedge between Trump and his supporters? TWW's Washington bureau chief P spoke to some of them in Ohio. And they are"
- **Watch at 0:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RuO2uxh-Wk&t=14s)


## How to Pronounce "driven a wedge between"

- **Syllables**: dri · ve · na · wed · ge · be · tween
- **IPA**: `/drɪvɛnæwɛddʒɛbɛtwɪːn/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[driven](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/driven), [wedge](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wedge), [between](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/between)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “driven a wedge between”?
“driven a wedge between” is pronounced /drɪvɛnæwɛddʒɛbɛtwɪːn/ (dri · ve · na · wed · ge · be · tween). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “driven a wedge between”?
“driven a wedge between” has 7 syllables: dri · ve · na · wed · ge · be · tween.

### How can I hear “driven a wedge between” used in real sentences?
This page has 5 real-world video examples of “driven a wedge between” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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