boom box
Example Sentences
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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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