letterbox
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Nicola Nugent said the device was put through the letterbox of her home on Stanhope Street at about 03:00 BST on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
It relates to what Farage described as a "lit incendiary device" being pushed through his letterbox in April 2025, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
You can cover external keyholes and add a flap or brush to your letterbox, or hang a door curtain.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
Both take cash - the honesty box has envelopes and a letterbox for change.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
It was an unusually small letter, of course, and might have gone unnoticed in the letterbox.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
Not to ward off angry voters - she says she doesn't recognise the collapse in Labour's national popularity - but to poke leaflets through letterboxes without being bitten by dogs.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
They were left to sew badges on to their own kit and put leaflets through letterboxes urging people to come and watch them play.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023
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
Nobody’s going to flay you to death just for barking offers of money through the letterboxes of recently bereaved parents, or trawling for offensive tweets with your free hand.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2018
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
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