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Typically when I move to a new place, the red-and-blue-striped envelope from the post office confirming my new address goes directly from the mailbox into the trash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
Penaloza’s campaign mailers and video ads were so ubiquitous these past few weeks that they filled up my mailbox and interrupted my binging of Hulu’s “Vanderpump Villa.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
A pink balloon is tied to someone’s mailbox, bobbing and tugging through the air.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Police also asked postal workers to report overflowing mailboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Mark DiCamillo, director of the poll, said he was stunned by how fractured voters are and how little knowledge they have about the candidates less than 60 days before ballots start arriving in Californians’ mailboxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 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
There had been no mailboxes earlier, but now they could see a long line of black and silver ones set atop poles on each side.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
