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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Israel and Hezbollah kept up cross-border fire for nearly a year until Israel escalated with an attack that detonated hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
That was followed by an attack on the group’s walkie-talkies the next day.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
What followed was a surge of airstrikes; an attack involving exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, which wounded thousands of Hezbollah fighters; and a wave of assassinations that included Hezbollah’s revered chief Hassan Nasrallah.
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—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
In September, thousands of pagers, and days later walkie-talkies, exploded simultaneously in Hezbollah strongholds in and around Lebanese capital Beirut, killing 39 people and wounding 3,400 more.
—Billal Rahman, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
That was followed by an attack on the group’s walkie-talkies the next day.
—Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
What followed was a surge of airstrikes; an attack involving exploding pagers and walkie-talkies, which wounded thousands of Hezbollah fighters; and a wave of assassinations that included Hezbollah’s revered chief Hassan Nasrallah.
Deepen your worldview
with Monitor Highlights.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Nov. 2024
In September, thousands of pagers, and days later walkie-talkies, exploded simultaneously in Hezbollah strongholds in and around Lebanese capital Beirut, killing 39 people and wounding 3,400 more.
—Billal Rahman, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Walkie-talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walkie-talkie. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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