Example Sentences

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Over the years, there were innumerable appearances on variety shows, talk shows, tributes and telethons, whole concerts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

He and his wife, humanitarian rights lawyer Amal Clooney, created the Clooney Foundation for Justice, and he’s produced telethons to raise money for various causes.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022

It’s like the Jerry Lewis telethons of the old days, only way more interactive.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2022

“The 700 Club” grew out of a series of telethons that Mr. Robertson began hosting in 1963 to rescue the network from financial troubles.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2021

Even though I was only five, I had watched enough Easter Seals telethons to know this was bad.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper