walkie-talkie
noun
walk·ie-talk·ie
ˌwȯ-kē-ˈtȯ-kē 
ˈwȯ-kē-ˌtȯ-
: a compact easily transportable battery-operated radio transmitting and receiving set
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Knights support staffers are glued to their walkie-talkies, waiting for their cues, smiling through first-game jitters.
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
The remainder of the episode leans on the idea of defiant adolescence, utilizing high-school motifs like giving a walkie-talkie a swirlie, showcasing a whole-ass marching band, and running through seemingly endless hallways.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
The Military Intelligence Directorate had stopped listening in real time to Hamas walkie-talkies.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Hezbollah’s leadership appeared to have no sense of how deeply Israeli intelligence had penetrated its ranks, booby-trapping the group’s pagers and walkie-talkies and picking off its senior commanders, culminating in the assassination of its secretary-general of 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
The remainder of the episode leans on the idea of defiant adolescence, utilizing high-school motifs like giving a walkie-talkie a swirlie, showcasing a whole-ass marching band, and running through seemingly endless hallways.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
The Military Intelligence Directorate had stopped listening in real time to Hamas walkie-talkies.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Hezbollah’s leadership appeared to have no sense of how deeply Israeli intelligence had penetrated its ranks, booby-trapping the group’s pagers and walkie-talkies and picking off its senior commanders, culminating in the assassination of its secretary-general of 32 years, Hassan Nasrallah.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
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