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The question, delivered via pay phone, is an old security prompt, and Bob, with a memory fried by pot and booze, cannot remember the answer.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Schlott says community members requested the library pay phone in part for this reason.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 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 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.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Schlott says community members requested the library pay phone in part for this reason.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 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 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.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
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“Pay phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20phone. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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