tape recorder

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Khamenei survived an assassination attempt in 1981, when explosives hidden in a tape recorder injured him and deprived him for life of the use of his right arm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

“Kissinger” teases viewers with an animated credit sequence prominently featuring a tape recorder.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

"We managed to con an afternoon with this new studio in King Street – it was a guy with a mixer and tape recorder."

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Joined by several aides he’d tasked with helping him write his memoir, Johnson talked while a tape recorder kept track.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

When it came to be Jamie’s turn to talk into the tape recorder, I thought that I would never get him to quit fussing with the switches.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg