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There was a man wearing a chicken costume and a Brazil jersey, and dancing to music from a boom box, at the Cortlandt Street R station in New York.
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Better still, the row of buttons was not replaced with a touchscreen; instead, they were migrated to a set of toggle switches below the center screen that feel like pushing the play button on a 1980s boom box.
—Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2026
Deep in the bowels of an NBA arena, the San Antonio Spurs have gathered around a boom box with a bubbling energy.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
This could quite possibly be one of the coolest builds for your tween—a roller skate that can be transformed into a skateboard or a boom box.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 27 Nov. 2025
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Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 13 June 2026
Better still, the row of buttons was not replaced with a touchscreen; instead, they were migrated to a set of toggle switches below the center screen that feel like pushing the play button on a 1980s boom box.
—Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 4 Jan. 2026
Deep in the bowels of an NBA arena, the San Antonio Spurs have gathered around a boom box with a bubbling energy.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
This could quite possibly be one of the coolest builds for your tween—a roller skate that can be transformed into a skateboard or a boom box.
—Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Boom box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boom%20box. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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