postmaster
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Both the postmaster general and Congress choose to ignore the elephant in the room—the American Postal Workers Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
He was a postmaster for 30 years and went on to be a local councillor before retiring in 2013.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Sadly, her aunt turns out to be dead, but Quartz Creek’s postmaster encourages Selena to move into her house anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
U.S. in 1926, which held that the president could remove a postmaster in Oregon.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025
“I wouldn’t have one around,” the postmaster said, and this meant that his wife was at him to buy one.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
She has dedicated the honour to "all the sub postmasters that we have lost".
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
When the first report of the official inquiry into the scandal was published in July, the Post Office said it apologised "unreservedly" for the suffering "caused to postmasters and their loved ones".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
Today, we apologise unreservedly for the suffering which Post Office caused to postmasters and their loved ones.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025
Stagecoaches to and from Philadelphia were stopped; postmasters used tongs to dip mail and newspapers from the city in vinegar and other substances they thought would purify them.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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