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walkie-talkie

[waw-kee-taw-kee] / ˈwɔ kiˈtɔ ki /
NOUN
handheld transmitter and receiver
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On Sunday, McCullum was seen sending messages via walkie-talkie to the England players during drinks breaks as they squeezed home against Nepal in a last-ball nail-biter in Mumbai.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

Left behind on the street outside the Louvre was the truck, a jerry can, a blowtorch, angle grinders, a walkie-talkie and yellow vests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

“If he’s grabbing the walkie-talkie, it’s something important.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025

They called in a detection van from the Post Office in an attempt to trace the walkie-talkie signal.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024

The hook-handed man followed behind her, his walkie-talkie buzzing and crackling.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

At that time, Suu Kyi faced a series of charges ranging from violating Covid restrictions and illegally importing communications equipment such as walkie-talkies, to voter fraud and corruption, all of which she denied.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Sales of walkie-talkies from Russia’s main online retailer have risen 73% in the past month, according to business newspaper Kommersant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026

Fuad Farhat, 55, from the area's Bab Touma district, was supervising the deployment of several unarmed, black-clad Christian men with walkie-talkies in front of the churches.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

They had parked in the back of the facility, and they had walkie-talkies.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2025

Watching through binoculars, communicating over walkie-talkies, they tracked the secretary of defense’s car across the campus.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin



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