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music box

NOUN
device playing music
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The show opened with Rosalía portraying a music box ballerina, her movements restricted, with dancers required to carry her across the stage.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

The regular version is my favorite ride at Disneyland, and during the holidays it’s like riding through a giant, wintry music box.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

Aficionados will delight in minor details such as being close enough to touch the ghoulish monkey music box from the original, and being within breathing distance of the performers in these famous roles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

For decades, researchers considered mouse songs instinctual, the fixed tunes of a windup music box, rather than the mutable expressions of individual minds.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

We nod and bow, shake hands like figures on a music box.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez


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