postman
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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
The trial heard the former postman, from Axminster in Devon, had gone to a pub and comedy club with his then-partner Evelyn Ballentyne on the night Atticus was fatally injured.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
Ralph Belmonte, a resident of Grange Road for 47 years, said a postman discovered the body on the road after having mistaken it for a dummy strapped to the roof of a driving car.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
The only time I have known him to show impatience is when the postman lags, for it means we must wait another day before the arrival of our English mail.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
“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
Two postmen rightly deducted that it was meant for Shane, who regularly had similar boxes delivered.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2022
By leaving the same prisoners stationed at the latrine, the one place we all had to go throughout the day, they gave us secret postmen.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
