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Cal had been standing in the red phone box at the bottom of the Meadows, watching the rugby players stretch on the lush green grass.
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Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
Reader's Guide Questions by Paula Cooper John of John begins in a solitary red phone box in Edinburgh as Cal Mcleod is summoned home after four years in art school by his strict Calvinist father, John.
—Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026
Yondr, which makes portable phone locking pouches used at concerts or in schools, also sells a home phone box.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
The school's Instagram account shared several more shots from their day with the queen, saying the phone box stunt was also a favorite moment.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Authorities said the driver — identified by the Kershaw County Coroner as Caiden Miles McGuff, 16 — was driving a 2004 Ford pickup with a female passenger when the vehicle went off the left side of the road and hit a phone box.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There will also be a red phone box, an iconic London symbol, installed in the Wimbledon Queue, playing audio clips from Ashe’s victory as hundreds of fans line up every day for the chance to get a ticket into the grounds.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Before leaving the dugout after his ejection, Cora hit the bullpen phone box hard enough that the cover came off the hinges.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
Reader's Guide Questions by Paula Cooper John of John begins in a solitary red phone box in Edinburgh as Cal Mcleod is summoned home after four years in art school by his strict Calvinist father, John.
—Paula Cooper, CBS News, 5 May 2026
Yondr, which makes portable phone locking pouches used at concerts or in schools, also sells a home phone box.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
The school's Instagram account shared several more shots from their day with the queen, saying the phone box stunt was also a favorite moment.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Authorities said the driver — identified by the Kershaw County Coroner as Caiden Miles McGuff, 16 — was driving a 2004 Ford pickup with a female passenger when the vehicle went off the left side of the road and hit a phone box.
—David Chiu, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
There will also be a red phone box, an iconic London symbol, installed in the Wimbledon Queue, playing audio clips from Ashe’s victory as hundreds of fans line up every day for the chance to get a ticket into the grounds.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
Before leaving the dugout after his ejection, Cora hit the bullpen phone box hard enough that the cover came off the hinges.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025
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“Phone box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phone%20box. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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