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Imagine police responding to a robbery by obtaining judicial permission to open every safety deposit box in a neighborhood bank, briefly inspect the contents, and determine afterward which customers seem suspicious.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
Complete your ballot, put it in the provided envelope, sign it and drop it off at any vote center or ballot drop box in California starting May 5.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
He then suffered two defeats at the ballot box, in 2002 and 2006, and on both occasions the Fidesz leader learned his lessons.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
He also noted that Pesarik’s credit-card bills went to a post-office box in Portsmouth, N.H., during much of this period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Instead of being on a wooden post, it was on a brick column; at the top, the bricks encircled the entire box in a graceful arc.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
