walkie-talkie
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She remembers: “I had a walkie-talkie, I would hand per diems out to people, I would run the envelopes around, and bring my dad a towel after the show, stuff like that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The Chinese require a formal diplomatic note, submitted well in advance, for every firearm and walkie-talkie the U.S. wishes to bring in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
"I went to a Jewish school. My children went to the same Jewish school I did. You know, every parent there does security -- you stand outside the school with a walkie-talkie," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Meanwhile, in his attempt to tune into Radio Luxembourg, Robert Rowlands was picking up the gang's walkie-talkie conversations on his ham radio.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2024
Lourdes’s walkie-talkie crackles as she works her way along the length of river that forms the western boundary of her territory.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
On weekends, the kids talk about your wireless karaoke mics, walkie-talkies and yes, that back-seat minifridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
Neves’ 8-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, would take walkie-talkies and hang out at Jenkins’ house until their mother called them home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2025
“I guess the walkie-talkies were a stupid idea,” he mumbled.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
