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# How to pronounce "old guard" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɒldgʌærd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **ol·dgu·ard**

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

Listen to native speakers pronounce "old guard" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "astonishing. So, 200 plus? I mean No, I wouldn't say 200. is, but I can tell you this, some of the old guard each of us kind of approaches this thing differently. Uh But, I know some investors thought they might, you know, a few years ago tend to look at it as a portfolio and would do, you know, knowing how hard it"
- **Watch at 31:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw7sefvO7CA&t=1887s)

### Example 2
> "parliamentary party leader Jurgen trinee lacking young candidates it's up to the Old Guard to keep calm and carry on"
- **Watch at 4:32**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lyfYmUoS4w&t=272s)

### Example 3
> "sentences I doubt democracy can come about in Libya with such people but we know that from Eastern Europe the first governments after communism also had the Old Guard and if you look around today 20 years on you can still find them in the political Elite"
- **Watch at 1:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7HuzChSCMw&t=107s)

### Example 4
> "the Old Guard wins the next School Board election they throw out the Union City"
- **Watch at 36:44**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p19nluqrdoo&t=2204s)

### Example 5
> "That kind of thing. The old guard was swamped. Pardon me? The old guard was swamped."
- **Watch at 30:35**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbYStqTY4HM&t=1835s)

### Example 6
> "Wales currently is that in England we we are seeing uh reform pulling ahead of the old guard of you know of Labor Conservatives. Uh we'll see how how long that lasts but for the time being that you know they're able to put some some gap between themselves and Labor and the Tories in Wales because of the presence of ply Camo a party that's celebrated at its centinery this year. We've been"
- **Watch at 35:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M7r8F1YGQk&t=2122s)

### Example 7
> "and hardline rule a new day but not a new dawn as the curtains rose at iran's elections the old guard remains firmly in control supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei casting his vote after barring hundreds of reformist candidates from running with their choices limited many have decided to stay away from the polls"
- **Watch at 0:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nkGRaSUcWE&t=22s)

### Example 8
> "LA helped turn the US into an aerospace superpower. The old guard is still here. But now there's Elon Musk's SpaceX and a half dozen more rocket startups."
- **Watch at 1:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5LCl2SRbkM&t=103s)

### Example 9
*Accent: US*
> "the Old Guard into action nay and Bertier standing near Napoleon exchanged looks and smiled contemptuous at this General's senseless offer Napoleon bowed"
- **Watch at 400:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AaoynHZyp4&t=24054s)

### Example 10
*Accent: US*
> "the old guard took pity and ordered some skins of water."
- **Watch at 22:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8oN6lIF-k&t=1346s)


## How to Pronounce "old guard"

- **Syllables**: ol · dgu · ard
- **IPA**: `/ɒldgʌærd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[old](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/old), [guard](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/guard)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “old guard”?
“old guard” is pronounced /ɒldgʌærd/ (ol · dgu · ard). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “old guard”?
“old guard” has 3 syllables: ol · dgu · ard.

### How can I hear “old guard” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “old guard” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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