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Disconnecting 549-6970 felt like closing a chapter – its dial tone is now just a memory – but a part of me will always be waiting for its loud ring.
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Sarena Neyman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2025
Barrymore, however, wasn’t surprised by the dial tone.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Broadly, pay phones fall into two categories: coin-first (where a user must insert money before hearing a dial tone) and dial-tone-first.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Veteran apartment gropers know enough to commandeer every working telephone booth in the area using friends who listen to dial tones and weather reports for an hour before the newspapers arrive.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
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Sarena Neyman, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2025
Barrymore, however, wasn’t surprised by the dial tone.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Broadly, pay phones fall into two categories: coin-first (where a user must insert money before hearing a dial tone) and dial-tone-first.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025
Veteran apartment gropers know enough to commandeer every working telephone booth in the area using friends who listen to dial tones and weather reports for an hour before the newspapers arrive.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Dial tone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dial%20tone. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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