envelopes

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Once he knew we both were in place, we were to hand over our envelopes, which contained the news release the sports world was anticipating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I’m talking about the dusty envelopes hanging from metal hooks near the soup packets.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Then, he noticed envelopes being slipped under some of the bars and asked for one.

From Slate • May 2, 2026

Hastings set up Netflix in 1997 with Marc Randolph, offering DVD film rentals to customers by post, arriving in characteristic red envelopes.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Imagine that there are two envelopes, marked A and B. Before you are shown the envelopes, a flip of the coin determined which envelope has money in it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife