postman
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On a chilly Saturday morning in December 1976, postman Nigel Rossiter pulled up outside the isolated Ffynon Samson farmhouse in west Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The trial heard the former postman, from Axminster in Devon, had gone to a pub and comedy club with his then-partner Evelyn Ballentyne on the night Atticus was fatally injured.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
His witty, thoughtful verses broadened the scope of hip-hop with stories about treating your mother with respect and catching your girlfriend cheating with the postman, alongside hard-hitting lyrics about social deprivation and immigration.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Unsure who was responsible, or who might have read her most private thoughts, she became terrified to take public transport, leave home, or even open the door to the postman.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Every one of the fruit rolls was successful, except for the time we had a retired postman for General Science 1H5.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
They stayed there for 32 years but when the company went into liquidation they changed careers together, retraining as postmen, a job they did for more than 17 years, working adjacent areas.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“I ask the postmen in Spain to work to the maximum, morning, afternoon and night,” Feijóo said during a campaign rally in Murcia on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Other professional groups, from barristers to postmen, also plan to hit the barricades in coming weeks to demand more pay read more .
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022
They’re policemen and grocers and postmen and doctors and nurses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
By leaving the same prisoners stationed at the latrine, the one place we all had to go throughout the day, they gave us secret postmen.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
