telegram
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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
A telegram from King George VI was read aloud:
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
Posters in Detroit depicting a military man resembling Hitler were ordered, by telegram, to be destroyed.
From New York Times • May 30, 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
Then, out of nowhere, Geri got a telegram: it was Leonard; he’d be in Florence the very next day.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Write On!: Graph and Gram
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