mailbox
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Wes said that Eric was confronted near the mailbox in front of the house on Crane Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Typically when I move to a new place, the red-and-blue-striped envelope from the post office confirming my new address goes directly from the mailbox into the trash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
When the reporter placed a letter for Paxton in the mailbox, an envelope addressed to Warren Paxton, the attorney general’s given name, was visible.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
We left a letter in her mailbox with our contact details, but she did not respond.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Then I dropped the envelope in a mailbox.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
The mayor ruffled feathers again when the 17,000 notices were sent out and he wrote on X that second-home owners should check their mailboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
As ballots land in mailboxes, California voters are finally tuning in to the race to lead the nation’s most populous state and fourth-largest economy in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Ballots will start arriving in voters’ mailboxes in days, and the primary is June 2.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Yellow ribbons are tied around mailboxes and roadside library posts.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Some of the mailboxes had the names of houses on them, Windward, Petersons Landing, Oakwood, Second Chance.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
