telegram
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He sent Morris a monthly telegram for years, begging him to write it.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The band received a telegram in reply providing the phone number for Leslie Conn, who became their manager.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024
Posters in Detroit depicting a military man resembling Hitler were ordered, by telegram, to be destroyed.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
While serving in the Navy in 1919, Wallace got a telegram from Carewe to come to Hollywood, where he began work as a second-unit director on his brother’s films.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The state attorney general had sent Hoover a telegram indicating that he held the bureau “responsible for failure” of the investigation.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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