telegram
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The papers also reveal Downing Street was forced to apologise after then-Prime Minister John Major's birthday telegram to the Queen Mother in 1994 was addressed in an "improper manner".
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
After the telegram arrived, instructing him to head to Le Harve, the 19-year-old discovered the only available ship was a freighter packed with army lorries, according to the Royal Navy.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2024
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
“Send a telegram saying I will come at once. The next train goes early in the morning. I’ll take that.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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