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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

She said the 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. 13, 2025

A Dead Kennedys song plays on a radio boom box, as a bell rings a brief warning each time a cylinder turns.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2024

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

From Salon May 14, 2023

A handful of Sharpies were lying on the carpet next to an open sketch pad, an old boom box, and a pair of my dad’s even older headphones.

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




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