intercom
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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
There’s the front door intercom panel, a pair of embossed leather club chairs and, fatefully, Mr Big’s Peloton water bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
Each room is equipped with an intercom to contact guards if needed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 17, 2026
The same smooth voice from the ship’s intercom booms in the room as I stare into the empty pod.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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
The school repaired its intercoms that had been faulty during the lockdown and hosted a town hall with parents to understand more of the issues.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
“Here we have sprinklers and intercoms with fire alarms in the apartments. I feel much safer,” she said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2022
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
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