telephone booth
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I was standing in a containment cage, a contraption smaller than a telephone booth made of steel and mesh wire.
From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024
Later, police found leaflets in a telephone booth which claimed that Mr. Sossi has been abducted by the “Red Brigades,” and was being held in a “people’s jail.”
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024
A UK-style red telephone booth sits on one corner, Norwegian flags festoon posts and staircases and a “Velkommen til Poulsbo!” mural and monstrous Viking invite day-trippers and weekend stays.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024
If qubits get close enough together, Nadkishore explained, they can influence the behavior of their neighbors, almost like a crowd of people trying to squeeze themselves into a telephone booth.
From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024
He would sit with me at a white-topped table in the Muslim restaurant and answer guardedly any questions I asked between constant interruptions by calls from the New York press in the telephone booth.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
