There are not any letters z in this sentence, but there are two places where you pronounce /z/: words and friends. You pronounce them as /z/ because d is a voiced sound.
The s in "asphalt" is pronounced as a z sound, similar to the sound in words like "zero" or "zebra."
There are lots of words with a final z sound, including maze, craze, blaze, flies, cries, spies, gauze, straws, flaws, etc.
One word that has the "z" sound but starts with an "x" is "xylophone." The letter "x" is pronounced as a "z" sound in this word due to its Greek origin. The "xy" combination is commonly used in words borrowed from Greek, where "x" is pronounced as a "z" or "ks" sound.
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Yes
The letter combination "zz" in words like pizza and Iezzi makes the "ts" sound because it follows the Italian pronunciation rules where "z" is pronounced "ts" in certain positions within a word. This is why you hear the "ts" sound in these words instead of the individual sounds of "z" and "z."
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