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Both matches will be available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with live text and radio commentary on BBC Sounds, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sport website and app.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
After making her debut as child star on BBC wartime radio in 1942, Clark's career took many turns.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
As a boy, Loftus would keep up with his heroes on the team’s local radio and TV station, and occasionally on a weekend network broadcast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
To boot, prosecutors said, the captain also “reported receiving what he believed were radio calls from the cartel attempting to hail the Aquatravesia prior to a boarding or takeover.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The panda’s radio collar beams a signal that the tracking equipment can hone in on to provide the animal's location coordinates.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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"Both cars and phones include mobile phone radios, satellite location chips, short-range wireless activity and sophisticated software," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Heads of kindergartens are given specialized crisis training and emergency supplies with radios, first-aid kits and portable stoves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
In addition to cars, marvels like refrigerators, radios and washing machines became commonplace.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Fresh vegetables and freshwater are running out on many ships, so the sailors are using social media and very-high-frequency marine radios to share survival tips and tactics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Mr. Patterson was on his porch, listening to the radios.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Antonelli was closing at such a pace that a win seemed inevitable, but then he radioed that something was wrong with his car and he couldn't steer.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
“Hold your course, no turns please. You are not under threat of being attacked,” an officer from a U.S. warship radioed to the Alliance Fairfax, according to recordings reviewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Minutes earlier, the pilot radioed in to staff at the tower, SoCal Approach, asking if a drone was near that location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
“We need to dump some fuel, we are too heavy,” the pilot of Kuwait Airways flight 117 to New York radioed to controllers shortly after the first U.S. strikes hit Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
“We were terribly tired and eventually fell asleep. When I woke up the next morning at about 5:00 A.M., and he hadn’t radioed, I realised we had lost him.”
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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The navigation officer was on the bridge radioing the Iranian navy a question that had become maddeningly repetitive and desperately urgent: When would the ship be able to leave?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Moments after the capsule reached orbit, a SpaceX mission control manager was heard jokingly radioing to the crew: "If you enjoyed your ride, please don't forget to give us five stars."
From Reuters ● Mar. 2, 2023
I call on the way and, like the pilot of a stricken plane radioing ahead with an order to foam the runway, I request that they get some drum hardware bags ready for me.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
Prosecutors criticized Potter for not immediately radioing in what happened at the traffic stop.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
So Teddy was the one who first spoke the words in our code, radioing back to General Smith at his command post on the beach.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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