tape deck
Example Sentences
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Before that, he put a tape deck on a rolling cart.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
The title of “Perfect Days” is a reference to Lou Reed’s song “Perfect Day,” which plays one morning on Hirayama’s tape deck.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
Ellie, while not understanding airplanes, cars or seat belts, somehow figures out a cassette tape deck and pushes play.
From Salon • Jan. 30, 2023
My laptop was almost dead, and in the night I’d have just enough voltage for light, and maybe a few songs on my old tape deck that I bought the year Ronald Reagan was elected.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2022
Gilbert was in his room with a tape deck singing to Billy Kaunda, who’d just been voted Malawi’s best musician of the year.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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