intercom

But on two occasions when guards summoned Kao over the intercom, he refused to enter the visitation room.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

A burned intercom stands outside a house in Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Getting in the car with my husband and driving down here, I was talking to them through the doorbell intercom.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Guests need to prearrange entrances or exits, or buzz an intercom during those hours.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

He called into the intercom, “Buford? Report for duty, please.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Rob Jackson, a passenger on the flight, told the New York Times it had been a normal journey until the descent process began and the fight attendants' intercoms repeatedly started going off.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024

The intercoms were inoperable, the crew reduced to using megaphones to direct passengers.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Another was instituting efficiencies at Buckingham Palace, originally bought by his and Elizabeth’s ancestor George III. Philip had intercoms installed, for example, to obviate the need for messengers.

From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2021

For the first few days, we had to speak with a glass door between us, using intercoms, like a bad prison movie.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020

Back when they had been installed in the 1940s—over thirty years after the house itself had been built in 1909—the intercoms had probably all worked.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides