Example Sentences

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He has been telegraphing for weeks that he is contemplating Supreme Court reforms.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

Army Europe and Africa, the military officials rehearsed a range of options for an offensive that Ukraine’s leader, President Volodymyr Zelensky, has been telegraphing for some time.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

He did not specify what that would be, but he has been telegraphing plans to run again since shortly after losing his 2020 reelection bid to Biden.

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2022

For more than two months, the Ukrainian army has been telegraphing an intention to counterattack on the west bank of the Dnieper River, with the goal being to liberate the city of Kherson.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 31, 2022

He has been telegraphing me for days to come home.

From The Messenger by Robins, Elizabeth