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telegram

[tel-i-gram] / ˈtɛl ɪˌgræm /


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A telegram in the same files shows a doctor from Cornwall, who was treating a 10-year-old child in 1944, pleading with the authorities for the medicine: "No hope without penicillin".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

His family had to wait almost two weeks before a telegram arrived, addressed to his mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

Mr. Wright kept the telegram framed in his home.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2024

The video was shared by the Russian Sota telegram channel.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Olmsted, in Brookline, got the news by telegram: Harry Codman was dead.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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