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I went to a pay phone and called a Chrysler expert I knew about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

There is a pay phone at the Cedar Grove Lodge.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

As Chesnoff talks in the “Jinx” episode, red carpet footage from the “All Good Things” premiere briefly appears, as do clips of Lehrman posing as Katie and making a call from a pay phone.

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

This Whidbey Island pay phone, I thought, would be my own makeshift wind phone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

“We don’t necessarily want a room. Is there a pay phone we could use?”

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx