mailbox
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When the reporter placed a letter for Paxton in the mailbox, an envelope addressed to Warren Paxton, the attorney general’s given name, was visible.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Al Otro Lado, Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court’s majority, reached for a football field, a front porch, and a mailbox.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 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
We left a letter in her mailbox with our contact details, but she did not respond.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The screen door hangs open, bumps against the garbage bin, and the mailbox clings lopsided to the faded milky coffee–colored clapboard that wraps the house.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Police also asked postal workers to report overflowing mailboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The primary is June 2, but ballots start landing in voters’ mailboxes in less than a month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Yellow ribbons are tied around mailboxes and roadside library posts.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Yellow ribbons are tied to neighbors’ mailboxes and trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Even if where they’re going is just two different mailboxes on the same street?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
