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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

Passersby walked on as a boom box tied to the car’s roof repeatedly blared the words “The Ixil people do remember” and played the judge’s genocide verdict.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2023

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

From Salon • May 14, 2023

He often used our boom box as collateral.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda




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