mailbox
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If checks need to be mailed, doing it from the post office rather than a mailbox or a blue U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 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
We left a letter in her mailbox with our contact details, but she did not respond.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Why don’t we go mail it right now? I can walk to the mailbox with you.”
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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
From a professor, she learns what happened: Alice, the administrative assistant, had fallen suddenly by the mailboxes.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
