pay phone
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“We’ve never been so this is maybe our last chance,” Tom Beattie said, sitting on a bench with their border terrier Annie as his wife called her sister from the pay phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A coyote is bathed in red light; a cougar stalks near a grand piano; a man stands in a tropical jungle surrounded by mist; a pay phone off the hook dangles by its cord.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In urban neighborhoods, the local candy store often had a pay phone and acted as a message center for the surrounding area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
There is a pay phone at the Cedar Grove Lodge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
After dropping off his bags, the guest stepped out to a pay phone on the street and called his wife.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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