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Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Baldwin fired off a telegram to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, accusing the President of failing to exercise moral leadership.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Whereupon Cortázar fired off a telegram to Mujica Lainez from Paris proposing to make a book together named Bomscotch, maybe Hoparzo.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Though much of Saving Private Ryan is fictionalized, like Fritz, Private Ryan had three brothers fighting in World War II, and his mother received telegrams about her sons all around the same time.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 July 2025
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Today, emerging feedback loops echo Hearst’s telegram, with campaigns to shape consumer demand through prescriptive analytics and generative AI.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Baldwin fired off a telegram to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, accusing the President of failing to exercise moral leadership.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Whereupon Cortázar fired off a telegram to Mujica Lainez from Paris proposing to make a book together named Bomscotch, maybe Hoparzo.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Though much of Saving Private Ryan is fictionalized, like Fritz, Private Ryan had three brothers fighting in World War II, and his mother received telegrams about her sons all around the same time.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 July 2025
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“Telegram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telegram. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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