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[rey-dee-oh] / ˈreɪ diˌoʊ /


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Greenspan personally praised “subprime loans” in his April 8, 2005 remarks at the Fed’s Fourth Annual Community Affairs Research Conference—which I distinctly remember hearing on the radio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

"Climate change is what kills, what destroys our villages and our natural and cultural heritage," civil protection chief Virginia Barcones told Spanish radio.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

While radio coverage remains on BBC Radio 5 Live, it means there will be no free-to-air live TV coverage.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“They were a real band that had a radio hit, and not a radio band reverse engineered,” the Get Up Kids’ Suptic said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

The panda’s radio collar beams a signal that the tracking equipment can hone in on to provide the animal's location coordinates.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

“How could they not know that these 911 calls were coming in? ... That’s their job, monitoring their radios or whatever they have with them.”

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

Rubinstein remembers how people who were fond of cross-country skiing – a very popular pastime in winter in Russia – used to take their radios with them out of town, where there were fewer jammers.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

He and David both enjoyed building radios from kits.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

Their education complemented their uniquely American facility with machines and technology, for they had spent their boyhoods surrounded by mechanical gadgetry: farm machines, radios, and cars.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

More than 15 minutes later, responders radioed that CPR was in progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Antonelli was closing at such a pace that a win seemed inevitable, but then he radioed that something was wrong with his car and he couldn't steer.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Minutes earlier, the pilot radioed in to staff at the tower, SoCal Approach, asking if a drone was near that location.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

“This is the last warning. This is the last warning,” the Iranian forces radioed to one of the destroyers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

Lieutenant Cross radioed up to the gunships and told them to go away.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

One Indian seafarer has been radioing to say his ship is out of provisions and fresh water, with two crew members in critical condition.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

Moments after the capsule reached orbit, a SpaceX mission control manager was heard jokingly radioing to the crew: "If you enjoyed your ride, please don't forget to give us five stars."

From Reuters Mar. 2, 2023

I call on the way and, like the pilot of a stricken plane radioing ahead with an order to foam the runway, I request that they get some drum hardware bags ready for me.

From Washington Post Oct. 2, 2022

Bowman hit the wall early at Texas Motor Speedway but finished Sunday’s race despite radioing his Hendrick Motorsports crew: “I can’t drive the rest of the day.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 30, 2022

So Teddy was the one who first spoke the words in our code, radioing back to General Smith at his command post on the beach.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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