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post office

[pohst aw-fis, of-is] / ˈpoʊst ˌɔ fɪs, ˌɒf ɪs /


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Patients who had signed off on the two-drug treatment but whose pills hadn’t yet reached the post office had to be recontacted to consent to receiving misoprostol alone and reeducated on how to use it.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

Standing in front of the post office in Alhambra, the 52-year-old paddled her arms as though to keep from sinking.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

The purchase was made a half-block from the post office, now the site of a museum exhibit dedicated to Mr. Ryan.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Seema Misra who ran a post office in West Byfleet, Surrey, was wrongly sent to prison while pregnant during the IT scandal.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

She was stuck in place like a train on a track, as much a part of the city as the post office steps.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr




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