letterbox
Example Sentences
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Rather than the live, televised squad announcements of the modern age, the Wales great says he "was sat on the stairs staring at the letterbox".
From BBC
The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations said it had focused on ViacomCBS because the company had set up a number of Dutch subsidiaries, known as letterbox companies, to take in large amounts of television revenue.
From New York Times
The couple say their older child had been increasingly curious about his birth family and they had arranged for him to send a note through letterbox contact - a system that is used in many adoptions to keep birth families updated as a child grows up, monitored by the local authority.
From BBC
Mrs Khan said she "could not be more proud" of Essa, who also passed keys through the letterbox to officers.
From BBC
Once, she says, a tabloid newspaper posted a note through the letterbox, telling her parents it was going to run a story about Alice's eating disorder.
From BBC
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