courier
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The device had been electronically tracked to the warehouse not by officers, but by a victim who had it stolen from them just before Christmas in 2024 and alerted the DHL courier company.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
It also offers courier services over short distances.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Regretting using a middleman for a courier service, however opportunistic you believe the company to be, is not — on the face of it — a good enough reason to cancel the charge.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
After the ancient Greeks won the historic Battle of Marathon, a courier ran 25 miles to Athens to deliver the good news and, according to legend, dropped dead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
She started putting random things into her courier bag: a flashlight, batteries, some rope.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
It would also require Amazon to directly hire couriers who are currently employed by smaller firms that deliver its packages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
When challenged whether he was coercively controlling couriers for his own ends, he said: "No, it's more of a bartering system. They want something and I want something. It goes hand in hand."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Additionally, the company said it now has more than 10 million global drivers and couriers, with active drivers up 21% from a year ago, despite higher gas prices.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
The National Security Agency also developed a behavioral profiling program, SKYNET, to identify Al Qaeda couriers in Afghanistan.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Three couriers, two found, one last puzzle to solve.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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