mailbox

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“We don’t want anyone to just toss it into the mailbox as we have been able to do in the past and have it counted,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

A fair share of nasty feedback lands in my mailbox, so I wondered if the auto-response tool could come in handy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

So mail that is never even transported from the post office to the mailbox is still “miscarried.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

Outside Guthrie’s home in Arizona, flower bouquets near the mailbox bear a note reading, “Dear Guthrie family, your neighbors stand with you.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Chip reached into the mailbox and pulled out a thick stack of letters and flyers.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix