intercom

Johnson said he picked up the intercom to that door but received no response and thought "Saturday night, someone's messing around".

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Later that evening, his cellmate saw him holding his chest and appearing unwell, and at 11:17 p.m. the cellmate pressed the intercom button to alert prison personnel that Matus was suffering from a medical problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Schempp, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against daily morning Bible readings over the intercom, calling that a religious exercise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Even if the voice over the intercom releases us like nothing happened, is she going to dawdle back over to the whiteboard and continue adding to the topic list?

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden

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

With each of these devices, you can watch a live video feed, receive motion alerts and talk to people via two-way audio intercoms.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

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