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I'm looking to track down a suspect

This man (Barry Allen) said "I'm looking to ..." But I can just hear "I'm looking the ..."

Sound track is in the above link.

Zhang
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  • I found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWV6gMhMOyM "Interview" can be pronounced "innerview". Actually, I heard the "to" here more like a "ne". – Zhang Mar 04 '19 at 09:10

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English speakers often pronounce the words "to" in two different ways. One sounds like "too" (like the "oo" sound in "tooth") and the other sounds more like "tuh" (like the "u" sound in "tugboat"). In the audio clip you shared when the speaker says "I'm looking to", they are using the latter pronunciation.

Likewise the word "the" is commonly pronounced in two different ways. One sounds like "thee" and the other sounds more like "thuh". So the "to" in the audio clip probably sounded like this latter pronunciation of "the".

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