special delivery
Example Sentences
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A few weeks ago, I got a text from my grandma: “A special delivery is on its way to you.”
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
Matt Schodorf told me he was fresh out of whistles, and I thought of Clem, who agreed to meet me at Cafe de Leche with a special delivery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
If they were stopped by police, they were to tell officers they were a special delivery crew transferring radioactive material from the Dounreay nuclear power plant, near Thurso, for disposal at another site.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2025
Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023
Every now and again, I checked the window to see if the special delivery mail truck had rolled up to our house.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
