radio
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It wasn’t clear to the troops what caused the radio outage during the trench assault, which could have stemmed from a hardware or software issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Iranian ships were guarded when they were contacted by radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Stribling was also an accomplished jazz singer and radio personality, who lost a two-year battle with brain cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Rantzen joined BBC radio as a sound effects assistant before becoming a TV researcher, and in 1968 she trained as a producer and director.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
They make ample use of radio broadcasts to convince Filipinos to abandon the United States.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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But they said it was relatively easy to keep communication going, partly because radios were more widely distributed across the unit than in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
We followed games on transistor radios and TV, and did our best to imitate star players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
People dug out lanterns and old radios, and companies scrambled to save what production they could.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
For a time, according to court documents, he once handled the important job of “maintaining radios and communications” for Guzmán Salazar, ensuring that one of the most wanted men in Mexico could operate freely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Sandbags, lamps, and portable radios are rationed out too.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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He had no idea until one of the other choppers radioed him to tell him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Minutes later, officials radioed that a caller who reached 911—an unidentified woman who said she wasn’t in the home and was driving from Baltimore to the address—had told dispatchers his front door was unlocked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Antonelli was closing at such a pace that a win seemed inevitable, but then he radioed that something was wrong with his car and he couldn't steer.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
"Commander," Beck radioed, "you need to get to the ship now."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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One Indian seafarer has been radioing to say his ship is out of provisions and fresh water, with two crew members in critical condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
"As soon as I stepped my foot over the threshold of the door, they were radioing each other and they all surrounded me and were like 'you need to leave the store'," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2025
Moments after the capsule reached orbit, a SpaceX mission control manager was heard jokingly radioing to the crew: "If you enjoyed your ride, please don't forget to give us five stars."
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023
I call on the way and, like the pilot of a stricken plane radioing ahead with an order to foam the runway, I request that they get some drum hardware bags ready for me.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
So Teddy was the one who first spoke the words in our code, radioing back to General Smith at his command post on the beach.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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