Recent Examples on the WebTo prevent pops and plosives, beyerdynamic built a pop filter into the M 70 PRO X with a foam layer to protect the capsule.—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023 This is because the G sound is plosive, a consonant that is spoken by stopping the airflow in your mouth.—Matt Simon, Wired, 27 May 2020 The plosives and fricatives of a complex word, the specific place your lips meet or don't to shape and push out a puff of air that carries a sound.—Julie Muncy, Wired, 5 Feb. 2020 There’s something about the sound of it that is sonically shocking — the juxtaposition of two harsh plosives in a string of so few letters.—Jessica Bennett, New York Times, 2 June 2018
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