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postcard

[pohst-kahrd] / ˈpoʊstˌkɑrd /






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The sun on it, the salt, the particular blue no postcard has ever gotten right — it reconnects me to my own being, returns me to whatever I was before the world got complicated.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

One postcard dated in 1967 included an apology that the author had "started to write in pencil but Tony pinched my pen".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

A postcard shows the Buddha blowing a bubble in a relaxed pose with the words: "Blow it. Pop it. Forget it."

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

“I found out that if I sent them a postcard every day, they would be less worried,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

But I really, really, really need to read my mom’s postcard.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The manuscript, which includes the daughter’s blurry Polaroid snapshots and postcards from their travels, chronicles the pair’s trials, adventures and conversations as they pursue Nanna’s past and their own futures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

When there was no action during his reelection campaign this year, they demonstrated outside his home, sent postcards to his campaign donors and pushed for the cancellation of one of his fundraisers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

But Declan’s turf is the raffish seaside town of Blackpool, home to cheeky postcards and stand-up comedians.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

But he added there had been a "striking evolution" where postcards had become "more of a collector's item, transforming into a mini art form".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The only Mona Lisa still there was on postcards.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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