telegram
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"The telegram boy said, 'I'm sorry to tell you, but this is bad news'," he says.
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
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
Mr. Wright kept the telegram framed in his home.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 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
Nodding his head, Grandpa said, “If they get that telegram tonight, I don’t think they’ll fool around. From what they told me, those monkeys are really valuable to that circus.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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