pager
Example Sentences
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An alarm on his pager rips him from sleep at 1 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
But its use of the drones appeared to stop after Israel’s exploding pager operations and its Lebanon land invasion in October 2024, before making a recent comeback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
He kept a pager clipped to his belt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Last year, on 17 September, at around 15:30, a pager which a nurse called Adam was given at the start of his shift at a hospital in Lebanon received a message.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2025
She gave me three phone numbers: her father; her oldest brother, Lawrence; and her brother David Jr.’s pager.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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