Example Sentences
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Medicines can stop pain, fight cancer and save lives but are worthless if they get lost in the mail, spoil in a hot warehouse or are stuck on a ship.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Postal Service, which last year reduced the number of trips to pick up mail at post offices in mostly rural areas.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
So even if you can’t trade stocks, you can still expect to receive your mail — the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
Utah, for example, has had universal mail voting since 2012, meaning that counties could conduct their elections entirely by mail by sending all registered voters a mail ballot.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026
It could have been the plane that carried mail between Nome and Anchorage.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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