rabbit ears
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Maybe, as a few of my younger, smarter colleagues theorized, it’s the phones, which are omnipresent among Olympians, and make their rabbit ears overly attuned to the surrounding chatter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026
“Now, if you have a TV with rabbit ears, we’re going to be able to hit 100% of our audience,” Smith said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
A majority of antenna users are older, having grown up watching TV that pulled in signals with rabbit ears sitting atop a set or an aerial antenna on a roof.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2022
Sometimes he would command me or my sister to adjust the rabbit ears to get better reception.
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022
Usually she would’ve gone home by now, but she was wrestling with the rabbit ears on top of the TV, trying to fix the snow on the screen.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
