postman
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Mr. Bonds is as friendly as a whistling postman and, more than that, a baseball genius, according to testimonies from such worthies as Don Mattingly and Dusty Baker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Before fully dedicating himself to music, Lake worked as a postman and did manual labor jobs in the fish processing industry in the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Nobody had noticed she was here. She had managed to keep herself completely incognito," said Murdo, a postman in the Scottish Borders.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
A postman is said to have found the man's body in Grange Road before the vehicle was later discovered in Eastcourt Lane.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
The door chain only allowed a few inches between the postman and me.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
They stayed there for 32 years but when the company went into liquidation they changed careers together, retraining as postmen, a job they did for more than 17 years, working adjacent areas.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“I ask the postmen in Spain to work to the maximum, morning, afternoon and night,” Feijóo said during a campaign rally in Murcia on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Other professional groups, from barristers to postmen, also plan to hit the barricades in coming weeks to demand more pay read more .
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022
They’re policemen and grocers and postmen and doctors and nurses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Some of them wore the uniforms of the jobs they’d had too: policemen, postmen, nurses, trolley conductors.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
