cardboard

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When she and her gardener sheet-mulched the front yard with cardboard Amazon boxes she had collected from her neighbors in October, one neighbor joked that it looked ready for Halloween.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Human soldiers have easily foiled AI systems by doing what is "out of the ordinary", like somersaulting or putting cardboard boxes over their heads, he adds.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The package will arrive on time, in unmarked brown cardboard, in two days.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

In 2025, she bought a machine that assembles cardboard boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

We bought soft pretzels from the cart in the park, even though I told Calista they tasted like the soggy cardboard from the bottom of the pizza box.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff