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The lawsuit states that the only way detainees can reach the outside world is through infrequent access to collect pay phone calls that are monitored, recorded and last about five minutes.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
When the mobsters never showed, Hoffa called his wife from a pay phone to say he had been stood up.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
The experience resembles using a pay phone at an airport in the 1990s: several phones in a small area, with long lines and noisy surroundings, where anyone passing by can overhear the conversation.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Joe is getting a call from Bronte, who is using a pay phone just to beg Joe to forget about her.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
When the mobsters never showed, Hoffa called his wife from a pay phone to say he had been stood up.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
The experience resembles using a pay phone at an airport in the 1990s: several phones in a small area, with long lines and noisy surroundings, where anyone passing by can overhear the conversation.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Joe is getting a call from Bronte, who is using a pay phone just to beg Joe to forget about her.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pay phone
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“Pay phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20phone. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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