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radio

[ray-dee-oh] / ˈreɪ diˌoʊ /


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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told RTL radio that on this occasion "Europeans will be represented and France will be in Abu Dhabi to participate in these talks".

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Brand built an international profile in the 2000s as an eccentric stand-up comic, radio host and Hollywood actor, starring in films such as 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and 2010’s “Despicable Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Future robotic construction systems could help scientists build gigantic space telescopes that collect more light, radio antennas capable of supporting advanced communications, and enormous solar arrays designed to capture sunlight in orbit.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Bower's radio colleagues were not faring much better as they tried to work out what was going on.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

And so we depended again on the radio.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Watch Duty does pull information from official sources but also relies on staff and volunteers to listen to radios, monitor satellite data and analyze announcements from emergency departments to provide additional context.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Robert Dyas reported a 160% increase in sales of radios compared with last week, while Maplin said sales had increased by 92% in radios, 284% in torches and 106% in power banks.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The soldiers carried Wi-Fi-capable radios that linked together to form a mobile network, converting their voices into digital signals so they could communicate through headsets much like on a Zoom call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

We followed games on transistor radios and TV, and did our best to imitate star players.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Their education complemented their uniquely American facility with machines and technology, for they had spent their boyhoods surrounded by mechanical gadgetry: farm machines, radios, and cars.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He had no idea until one of the other choppers radioed him to tell him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

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

“You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman.

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

Yossarian, astounded, hauled her up into the plane and held her motionless on the floor in a double armlock while Hungry Joe radioed the control tower for permission to return to Rome.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Earlier this month, Busch had complained of a lingering, substantial cough, radioing his team to ask for the aid of a doctor after a race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 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

The only thing happening was a lot of radioing between mission control and the astronauts.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia


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