letterbox
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The charity said islanders will receive a scorecard through their letterbox.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
I speak to the woman who is shouting through the letterbox of a house with smashed windows.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Dunn said he does not know his neighbour well, but she popped a thank you card through his letterbox which he said we a "nice gesture".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Nitu Sharma and Jaspreet Singh get many leaflets for takeaways through their letterbox.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Pathos is the appeal you see uppermost in the heart-wrenching, expensively printed flyers that pop through your letterbox asking for donations to charity.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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She said her mum told her "the money's not yours" and blocked her number, before later claiming in court it had been posted through the girls' letterboxes.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
She and others have been leafleting ultra-Orthodox households across Israel - more than a million flyers have been put through letterboxes.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2022
I’ve told my workers to be strict with what they sell and who to, but they aren’t changing their behaviour much, other than offering to post through letterboxes and accept bank transfers from trusted customers.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2020
Well, Richards became famous in 2001, when he began posting polite notices through the letterboxes of apostrophe abusers, “drawing your attention to an incorrect use which has been pointed out to us”.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 2, 2019
Thrives in the vicinity of doorways and letterboxes.
From Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearticulture for This Year and Next by John Cecil Clay