cabled

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The author himself permitted an American actor who cabled to him in 1899 to ask his permission to take a creative liberty with his signature hero.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

"Stick with us," cabled Morecambe, "and we will get you another one".

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

Mr. Bondarev, part of the team working on arms control and disarmament at Russia’s Geneva mission, said he had seen misleading information cabled to Moscow in recent weeks.

From New York Times • May 23, 2022

The damage to Berlin’s reputation was considered so dire late last month that according to a leaked memo, Emily Haber, the German ambassador to Washington, cabled home to warn: “Berlin we have a problem.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2022

“If both sides now return to the attitude of good will shown in October,” Kissinger cabled to the North Vietnamese, “the remaining problems can be rapidly solved.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin