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
He sent Morris a monthly telegram for years, begging him to write it.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024
The telegram ordered Gordievsky to return to Moscow to discuss his new job with none other than the chairman of the KGB and the head of the First Chief Directorate.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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Write On!: Graph and Gram
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