telephone
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"I ran along the corridor to where the torch was and shone it downstairs, where I saw the entry box for the telephone was on fire."
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
In a telephone interview, Salazar said he had never seen any evidence tieing López Obrador, president from 2018 to 2024, to Mexico’s cartels.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Burnham was born in a suburb of Liverpool, where his father worked as a telephone engineer and his mother a receptionist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
He sat for a telephone interview with USA Today last week that was clearly meant to read as “heartfelt,” but only makes him sound like a phony.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
But Monique was already grabbing the telephone, barking out orders.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Vocabulary lists containing telephone
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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