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# How to pronounce "gone dark" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/gɒnɛdærk/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **go·ne·dark**

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "gone dark" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "that seemed to be draining of its people look behind me even the golden domes of saint michael's cathedral no longer shine that's the foreign ministry just beside it it has gone dark ukrainians have either gone into their bomb shelters or to the metro to seek cover some of them are fleeing with their suitcases dragging them down the streets but"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T65Xg4tbuoE&t=155s)

### Example 2
> "control here in germany that means lockdown until january 10th at the earliest non-essential shops are closed christmas markets have gone dark nightly curfews and alcohol bans apply in places and schools are shut the u. s canada and the united kingdom have become vaccinating but their vulnerable citizens still face grave risk"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7_XhVP3GeE&t=15s)

### Example 3
> "trade has gone dark. So, tankers turn off their AIS transponders, the signals."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw6qFJQC5Fg&t=166s)

### Example 4
> "evening for you but now coming up in a moment to be joined by viewers done it again now it's all gone dark I've got the money for the mixer a broomstick now let's get the weather forecast I've lost my microphone very so just"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8VyXe4kgNc&t=51s)

### Example 5
> "but because our industry obviously um has gone dark for a very long time now i've had this extra time on my hands"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 3:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kIr6hN1MnE&t=212s)

### Example 6
> "years old a full-on creative genius learning new things the way you just did day and day out and adulthood where your genius has mainly gone dark it's because you stop trying things that are brand new like that you're put in"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 38:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajtQSCHfvE&t=2298s)

### Example 7
> "vessels that have loaded at the Red Sea port of Jedha and they're sailing south or they're commencing sailing south for um Asia. They've now turned around and they've also switched off their vessel tracking transponders and gone dark. So it's also difficult to have visibility and and that's also something that's very common in the straight of Hormuz and the Middle East Gulf at the moment because it's a contested space. >> And is that is that dangerous to for a"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 13:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVpzok0uJE&t=807s)

### Example 8
> "but we are seeing Venus and Mercury yeah the sky has gone dark it's like night coming on and the clouds around the Horizon are dimly lit with yellowish"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 15:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmM1MjOZGL8&t=911s)

### Example 9
> "response to Russia's attacks. And it seems they're having an effect. By morning, gas stations across the peninsula had gone dark. Not a technical fault, but an order from the top. No fuel for civilians, no fuel for businesses, government agencies only. Russia's installed head of Crimea said"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 0:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUF1dFv_5Y&t=21s)

### Example 10
> "some crazy radical you know Square watch or something nuts then yeah this is very much still the classic Apple watch shape there are some new watch faces since the second hand now is always visible even when always on display is gone dark so that's cool there's also a new depth app and a new tie Z which I think looks really cool I don't even surf or have any use for this app but it's just kind of cool flipping through and seeing exactly when sunrise and Sundown are and"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 10:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lx11dy9J30&t=603s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [gone](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/gone), [dark](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/dark)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "gone dark" correctly?
"gone dark" is pronounced `/gɒnɛdærk/`. Syllable breakdown: **go·ne·dark**.

### What does "gone dark" mean in context?
Refer to real speech examples in the video clips above to observe how native speakers use "gone dark" in daily English.

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