mailbox
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The company then listed a private mailbox center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Typically when I move to a new place, the red-and-blue-striped envelope from the post office confirming my new address goes directly from the mailbox into the trash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
When the reporter placed a letter for Paxton in the mailbox, an envelope addressed to Warren Paxton, the attorney general’s given name, was visible.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Al Otro Lado, Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court’s majority, reached for a football field, a front porch, and a mailbox.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Dimly, Jonah wondered how the builder had done that, how the flimsy metal mailbox wasn’t crushed by the heavy bricks and mortar.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Police also asked postal workers to report overflowing mailboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Tuesday — less than two months before ballots begin arriving in voters’ mailboxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
Yellow ribbons are tied around mailboxes and roadside library posts.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Yellow ribbons are tied to neighbors’ mailboxes and trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
He had us decorate little mailboxes for our Valentine’s Day party and then we exchanged valentines like we were in kindergarten.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
