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leaflet

[leef-lit] / ˈlif lɪt /




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Cheryl explained how she tried to get her children help - but was simply given a leaflet that explained what happens when someone dies.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Where possible, graduates took questions after the presentation and the script refers to an accompanying leaflet, which the BBC has not seen.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

The barrister said the leaflet had been sent to about 81,000 people before the issue was raised.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2026

Mui offers him a leaflet in case he wants more information, and the man refuses to take it.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

He snatches a leaflet, folds it, and slides it into his pocket.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Rhode Island’s Morticia, named for the Addams Family matriarch, spent much of its life as a single leaf stalk with multiple leaflets before going dormant, leaving what looked like a big pot of dirt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

A civil protection officer handed out bottles of water and leaflets on how to behave in the extreme heat, standing in front of a 3,000-litre tanker feeding the mister and the crowds around it.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

Those sponsored leaflets and postcard mailers that end up as makeshift coasters, mosquito swatters or unread refuse that goes straight from the mailbox into the blue recycle bin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Brothers to the Rescue pilots also made flights near the island and dropped pro-democracy leaflets, at a time when political protests on the island were growing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

They stuffed the leaflets into stamped envelopes and addressed the envelopes with names chosen randomly from telephone directories.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Outraged by the increase, the 65-year-old leafletted all houses on the estate and challenged the bill, eventually negotiating the lower fee for all 120 households.

From BBC Dec. 1, 2024

“They shouted obscenities, disparaged Heartbeat’s staff, volunteers, and supporters, and leafletted the venue with propaganda hoping to dissuade women from using Heartbeat’s services,” said the complaint.

From Washington Times Mar. 30, 2023

They leafleted the neighbours trying to make them aware of what Mr Jammeh was accused of doing back home.

From BBC May 27, 2022

They leafleted neighborhoods, black and white, with fliers meant to both intimidate and recruit.

From Washington Post Jun. 5, 2018

The musicians union said its members recently leafleted outside a desert location shoot in Pearblossom, Calif., calling upon the show's production company, Picrow, to recognize musicians' right to a labor contract.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2016

I often hear older people, those who marched, leafleted and shouted for justice in the ’60s, complain that Kids These Days are too complacent.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2014

The IDF has also robo-called and leafleted neighborhoods, warning people to clear out before the area is invaded.

From Slate Jul. 31, 2014

Sir Michael confirmed he would not seek re-election in future and said that aside from helping with leafleting, he had now turned his back on politics.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2025

This will include members of the chorus leafleting the public outside the Wales Millennium Centre, where the production is taking place.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2024

The North’s balloon activities may deepen public calls in South Korea to stop anti-North Korean leafleting to avoid unnecessary clashes.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2024

The school has been canvassing parents through leafleting and social media posts and is hoping to receive enough expressions of interest to make a primary school viable.

From BBC Jan. 7, 2024

The document includes detailed rundowns of union activities, such as leafleting conducted last year in five cities it says had “known” union-aligned employees, and a “marked increase in flyer distribution” early this year.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2023

She hinted that balloons could become the North’s standard response to leafletting moving forward, saying that the North would respond by “scattering rubbish dozens of times more than those being scattered to us.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 1, 2024

Among other things, Tesla security guards repeatedly ordered union organizers to stop leafletting in Tesla’s parking lots and fired one union organizer for allegedly lying during a company investigation.

From The Verge Oct. 1, 2019

Volunteers started liking, sharing, leafletting, knocking on doors.

From The New Yorker May 27, 2019

Who will find the flyposting, the leafletting, the crowds on the Royal Mile and the endless procession of performers just a tad annoying.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2011

Choudary and some of his followers had advertised the event by leafletting for a week among the 20,000-strong Muslim population in the town, says Bunglawala, who has closely tracked Choudary's career.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2011




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