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He’s going to come to set with a boom box and blast, like, Phil Collins.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

Swift said that podcast clip, which went viral, felt almost like "he was standing outside of my apartment, holding a boom box saying, 'I want to go on a date with you'".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

I was tying my Nikes extra tight on the basketball court, when Duncan planted has boom box at the end of the bench.

From Salon May 14, 2023

Once we got there, we laid out our towels and set up our boom box, switching between Hot 97, Kiss FM and WBLS.

From New York Times May 8, 2022

Eventually, someone brought out a decades-old boom box, and even the kids with guitars stopped playing in deference to the Beach Boys.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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