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People have responded to the baffling disappearance of Nancy Guthrie with theories in chat rooms, nonstop comments on a livestream tracking the investigation and a flood of calls to the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department.—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026 Berry got his start in the early 1990s in early internet chat rooms and sports-centric bulletin boards.—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026 By the turn of the 21st century, ordinary Iranians were patronizing internet cafés—Tehran alone had about 1,500 by 2001—and meeting in online chat rooms.—Nahid Siamdoust, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026 Online bullying is when kids attack their peers through texts, social media, chat rooms, gaming channels and other digital spaces.—Dr. Mahvash Madni, Boston Herald, 4 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chat room