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boom box



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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

Everybody ran over toward the boom box, demanding a rewind.

From Salon • May 14, 2023

The defendant and two of his friends boarded the same train and one of them played music from a boom box speaker.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

When we didn’t have access to the school’s dance studio we’d break down oversize cardboard boxes in abandoned streets and parking lots, set up a boom box, and practice.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi