telegram
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The author sent a telegram to his mother back home in French-controlled Algeria: “I’ve never missed you so much.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
A British businessman fast running out of cash, William Knox D'Arcy, is said to have uttered those words when he received a telegram from Persia, 113 years ago.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
Those charged included a dentist, a clairvoyant, an amateur pilot and a man running a large QAnon telegram group.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024
After Finnegan’s death, a local newspaper published a telegram from Gen. Douglas MacArthur expressing condolences to Finnegan’s family:
From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024
So I put the telegram in my pocket.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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